Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- chéng
English
- punish, reprimand
- to punish
- warn
- to reprimand
- to warn
- to punish; to penalise
粵語
- 迫使犯錯嘅人做一啲佢唔樂意做嘅事，警誡佢下次唔好再犯
Variants
Words containing 懲
- 懲罰cing4 fat6
penalty
- 懲處cing4 cyu2
to punish
- 嚴懲jim4 cing4
to punish severely
- 懲治cing4 zi6
to punish
- 懲戒cing4 gaai3
to discipline
- 懲辦cing4 baan6
to punish (someone)
- 懲教署cing4 gaau3 cyu5
Correctional Services Department
- 獎懲zoeng2 cing4
rewards and penalties
- 重懲cung5 cing4
to punish severely
- 懲教cing4 gaau3
Correctional Services
- 懲罰性cing4 fat6 sing3
punitive
- 懲教所cing4 gaau3 so2
correctional institution
- 小懲大誡siu2 cing4 daai6 gaai3
lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
- 嚴懲不貸jim4 cing4 bat1 taai3
to punish severely (idiom)
- 從嚴懲處cung4 jim4 cing4 cyu2
- 懲一警百cing4 jat1 ging2 baak3
variant of 懲一儆百|惩一儆百[cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3]
- 小懲大戒siu2 cing4 daai6 gaai3
to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
- 懲惡揚善cing4 ok3 joeng4 sin6
to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)
- 勸善懲惡hyun3 sin6 cing4 ok3
to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
- 懲惡勸善cing4 ok3 hyun3 sin6
see 懲惡揚善|惩恶扬善[cheng2 e4 yang2 shan4]
- 嚴加懲處jim4 gaa1 cing4 cyu2
- 懲一儆百cing4 jat1 ging2 baak3
lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom)
- 儆惡懲奸ging2 ok3 cing4 gaan1
to warn people to refrain from doing evil and punish the wicked
- 懲前毖後cing4 cin4 bei3 hau6
lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again