惩罚 meaning in English

chéngfá

penalty; punishment

HSK 7-9verbnounTraditional 懲罰21 strokes

Meaning of 惩罚

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chéngfá
  1. penalty
  2. punishment
  3. to punish

惩罚 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā应yīng当dāng受shòu到dào惩chéng罚fá。
He needs to be punished.
我wǒ己jǐ经jīng被bèi惩chéng罚fá了le。
I've already been punished.
他tā不bù喜xǐ欢huān被bèi惩chéng罚fá。
He does not like being punished.
那nà是shì犯fàn罪zuì行xíng为wèi,你nǐ肯kěn定dìng会huì受shòu到dào惩chéng罚fá的de!
That is a criminal offense, and you will surely be punished!
生shēng气qì,就jiù是shì拿ná别bié人rén的de过guò错cuò来lái惩chéng罚fá自zì己jǐ。
Anger is punishing yourself for other people's mistakes.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

惩 chéng · to discipline · 12 strokes

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罚 fá · to punish · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 惩罚.

罚款fákuǎnto fine; penalty
处罚chǔfáto penalize; to punish
惩处chéngchǔto punish; to administer justice
罚单fádānviolation ticket; infringement notice
刑罚xíngfásentence; penalty
惩戒chéngjièto discipline; reprimand
罚金fájīnfine; to forfeit
严惩yánchéngto punish severely
开罚单kāifádānto issue an infringement notice

Questions about 惩罚

What does 惩罚 mean?

惩罚 (chéngfá) means "penalty; punishment" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 惩罚?

惩罚 is made of 2 characters: 惩 (12 strokes), 罚 (9 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 惩罚 an HSK word?

Yes. 惩罚 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 惩罚 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 惩罚 is written 懲罰.