粵

嚴jim4懲cing4

simp严惩
jim4 cing4yán chéng

English

  1. to punish severely
  2. to punish harshly

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 嚴厲噉懲罰

Examples

  • 而家坦白同我講,我就從輕發落,如果俾我揾到係邊個做嘅就一定嚴懲。

    If you come clean about what had happened, I will show discretion, but if I find out the perpetrator myself, there will be harsh punishment.

  • 市政府嚴懲酒後駕駛,並設罰款。

    Tatoeba · tigro1973 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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