Chinese word

处罚

Pronunciation

Pinyinchǔ fá

Meaning

  • verbpunish

Example

公司会对违反规定的员工处罚。gōng sī huì duì wéi fǎn guī dìng de yuán gōng chǔ fá

The company will punish employees who violate the rules.

Illustration for 处罚 (punish)

More examples

公司对屡次违反安全规定的员工处罚。gōng sī duì lǚ cì wéi fǎn ān quán guī dìng de yuán gōng chǔ fá

The company punishes employees who repeatedly break safety regulations.

Core concept

A rule-enforcement action that marks a breach with a concrete consequence.

Common phrases

  • 依法处罚yī fǎ chǔ fá

    punish under the law

  • 处罚违法者chǔ fá wéi fá zhě

    punish lawbreakers

  • 从严处罚cóng yán chǔ fá

    punish strictly

Similar words

惩罚chéng fá: Punish someone for bad behavior to help change it.
处分chǔ fèn: Take formal disciplinary action against someone for breaking workplace or organizational rules.
罚款fá kuǎn: Order payment of money as a penalty for breaking a law or rule.
制裁zhì cái: Take official action to impose economic or diplomatic disadvantages on a country or organization.

Definition in Chinese

对违反法律、纪律或规章的个人或单位施加惩罚或处理的行为。duì wéi fǎn fǎ lǜ jì lǜ huò guī zhāng de gè rén huò dān wèi shī jiā chéng fá huò chú lǐ de xíng wéi

Word origin

The compound 处罚 (chǔfá, "punish") joins 处 (chǔ, "deal with") and 罚 (fá, "punish"), framing a violation as something handled through a penalty.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, this word often sounds formal and fits school rules, workplace decisions, and public notices better than a casual remark about bad behavior.

Other meanings

  • disciplineverb
  • penalizeverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 处罚决定chǔ fá jué dìngpunishment decisionnoun
  • 处罚措施chǔ fá cuò shīdisciplinary measuresnoun

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