HSK 6 · Society

制裁 zhìcái “sanctions” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 制裁 means

  1. sanctions
  2. to punish
  3. punishment
  4. sanctions (incl. economic)

How to say 制裁

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale制zhì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale裁cái2nd tone, rising

制裁 in a sentence

  1. 违反规则的球队会受到制裁。

    Wéifǎn guīzé de qiúduì huì shòudào zhìcái.

    Teams that break the rules will be penalised.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这种行为应该受到法律的制裁。

    Zhè zhǒng xíngwéi yīnggāi shòudào fǎlǜ de zhìcái.

    This kind of behaviour should be punished by law.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 制裁 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 制 (zhì) drawn as one shape
制zhìsystem

制 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 裁 (cái) with each of its parts in a different colour
裁cáito cut out
  • 十ten · shí
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 衣clothes · yī

How to write 制裁

制 8 strokes · 裁 12 strokes

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制裁 (zhìcái) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 制裁 (zhìcái). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 制裁

Words with 制

控制kòngzhì · to control限制xiànzhì · to restrict制定zhìdìng · to draw up制造zhìzào · to manufacture制作zhìzuò · to make制度zhìdù · system (of rules)复制fùzhì · to duplicate制服zhìfú · uniform遏制èzhì · to curb节制jiézhì · to control

Words with 裁

总裁zǒngcái · president (of a company)裁缝cáifeng · tailor裁判cáipàn · referee裁员cáiyuán · to cut staff独裁dúcái · dictatorship体裁tǐcái · genre

More words: Society & Law

正义zhèngyì · justice争议zhēngyì · dispute侦探zhēntàn · detective治安zhì'ān · public order治理zhìlǐ · to govern殖民地zhímíndì · colony中立zhōnglì · neutral种族zhǒngzú · race

FAQs

制裁 (zhìcái) means “sanctions” or “to punish”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhìcái: zhì with a 4th tone, then cái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 制裁 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhicai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 制裁 from the suggestions. Typing zhicai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
制裁 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.