懲 (cing4 | cheng2) : punish; penalize

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懲

cing4

cheng2

[1] punish; penalize; chasten; discipline
[2] take or give warning

Stroke count: 19

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

懲 / 惩

This word has been viewed 5100 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Jul 2011 05:54

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懲辦 cing4 baan6 = to punish

懲罰 cing4 fat6 cheng2 fa2 = punishment; penalty; to punish

懲處 cing4 cyu2 cheng2 chu3 = penalize; punish

懲教 cing4 gaau3 = corrections (as in punishment)

懲教署 cing4 gaau3 cyu5 = Correctional Services Department

懲罰性 cing4 fat6 sing3 cheng2 fa2 xing4 = punitive

懲一儆百 cing4 jat1 ging2 baak3 cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3 = to punish one to warn a hundred; make an example of someone

懲戒 cing4 gaai3 cheng2 jie4 = to discipline; reprimand

依法懲辦 ji1 faat3 cing4 baan6 yi1 fa3 cheng2 ban4 = punish according to law; deal with in accordance with the law; bring to justice

儆惡懲奸 ging2 ok3 cing4 gaan1 jin3 e4 cheng2 jian1 = warn people to refrain from doing evil and punish the wicked
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Decimal representation of this word: 懲
Unicode code for this character: U+61f2 (off-site link)

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