# 惩罚 (chéngfá)

In Mandarin Chinese, 惩罚 (chéngfá) means “to punish; punishment”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to punish; punishment
- Pinyin: chéngfá (cheng2 fa2)
- Traditional: 懲罰
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 违法的人应该受到惩罚。
  Wéifǎ de rén yīnggāi shòudào chéngfá.
  People who break the law should be punished.

## Characters

- 惩 (chéng): to punish; to reprimand
- [罚](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-punish/) (fá): to punish; to penalize

https://hanziro.com/word/cheng-fa-punish/

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