处罚

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 违反规定的人将受到处罚。▶ —
   Those who break the rules will be punished.
2. 学校处罚了那名作弊的学生。▶ —
   The school penalized the student who cheated.

Collocations

Mnemonic

处 chǔ "to handle" + 罚 fá "to penalize": a Sino-Korean word "to punish, to penalize". To deal with (处) a wrong by penalizing (罚). Reading note: 处 reads chǔ here (to handle/punish) but chù in 到处 (everywhere). Distinguish 处罚 (chǔfá) from 出发 (chūfā, to set off), hence the slug suffix -punish. Similar to 惩罚; opposite of 奖励 (to reward).

Related

Quick check

1. How is 处 read in 处罚?

   • chǔ (to handle/punish)
   • chù (place)
   • chū (to go out)
   • zhù (to live)