惩罚

惩罚 chéngfá in a sentence

Penalty (punishment)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

惩罚 (chéngfá) means Penalty (punishment). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

违反规定的人会受到 惩罚 。

Wéifǎn guīdìng de rén huì shòudào chéngfá.

Anyone who breaks the rules will be punished.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 惩罚

惩罚 不是目的,教育才是。

Chéngfá bú shì mùdì, jiàoyù cái shì.

Punishment is not the aim; education is.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 惩罚

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How is 惩罚 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 惩罚 (chéngfá, "Penalty (punishment)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 惩罚 an HSK word?

Yes — 惩罚 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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