撻伐

Chinese

		flog; rapid	(v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against (v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against; descend upon
trad. (撻伐)		撻	伐
simp. (挞伐)		挞	伐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàfá, tàfā

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ ㄈㄚˊ, ㄊㄚˋ ㄈㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taat³ fat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàfá
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄈㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàfá
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴-fa²
    • Yale: tà-fá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahfar
    • Palladius: тафа (tafa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹ fä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàfā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàfa
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴-fa¹
    • Yale: tà-fā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahfa
    • Palladius: тафа (tafa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹ fä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taat³ fat⁶
    • Yale: taat faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taat⁸ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tad³ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːt̚³ fɐt̚²/

Verb

撻伐

1. (literary) to send troops to suppress; to go on a punitive expedition
2. (literary, figurative) to criticize; to condemn

Synonyms

• (to send troops):

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• 力征 (lìzhēng) (literary)
• 征伐 (zhēngfá)
• 征討 (zhēngtǎo)
• 砍伐 (kǎnfá) (literary)
• 膺懲／膺惩 (yīngchéng) (literary)
• 討伐／讨伐 (tǎofá)

 

• (to criticize):

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• 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
• 叱罵／叱骂 (chìmà)
• 叱責／叱责 (chìzé)
• 吆喝 (colloquial)
• 呲 (cī)
• 呲兒／呲儿 (cīr)
• 呵叱 (hēchì)
• 呼喝 (hūhè) (literary)
• 呲打 (cīda) (Northeastern Mandarin)
• 呵斥 (hēchì)
• 呵責／呵责 (hēzé) (literary)
• 喝叱
• 嗔怪 (chēnguài) (literary)
• 嗔著／嗔着 (chēnzhe) (colloquial)
• 怪 (guài)
• 怒 (nù) (Classical Chinese)
• 怨怪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 怪罪 (guàizuì)
• 批評／批评 (pīpíng)
• 指摘 (zhǐzhāi)
• 指斥 (zhǐchì)
• 指責／指责 (zhǐzé)
• 指點／指点 (zhǐdiǎn)
• 捋 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 摘 (literary, or in compounds)
• 數落／数落 (shǔluo) (informal)
• 數說／数说 (shǔshuō)
• 斥斥 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 斥罵／斥骂 (chìmà)
• 斥責／斥责 (chìzé)
• 歸咎／归咎 (guījiù)
• 歸罪／归罪 (guīzuì)
• 派
• 激勵／激励 (jīlì) (literary)
• 熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
• 申斥 (shēnchì)
• 痛罵／痛骂 (tòngmà)
• 聲討／声讨 (shēngtǎo)
• 訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 訓斥／训斥 (xùnchì)
• 詬病／诟病 (gòubìng) (literary)
• 說／说
• 說話／说话 (shuōhuà)
• 謗議／谤议 (bàngyì) (literary)
• 譴責／谴责 (qiǎnzé)
• 責備／责备 (zébèi)
• 責怪／责怪 (zéguài)
• 責罵／责骂 (zémà)
• 責難／责难 (zénàn)
• 貶斥／贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
• 貶責／贬责 (biǎnzé)
• 賴／赖 (lài)
• 非議／非议 (fēiyì)
• 非難／非难 (fēinàn)
• 體斥／体斥 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 大張撻伐／大张挞伐