# 处罚 (chǔfá)

In Mandarin Chinese, 处罚 (chǔfá) means “to punish; to penalize; punishment”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to punish; to penalize; punishment
- Pinyin: chǔfá (chu3 fa2)
- Traditional: 處罰
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 违反规则会受到处罚。
  Wéifǎn guīzé huì shòudào chǔfá.
  Breaking the rules will be punished.

## Characters

- [处](https://hanziro.com/word/chu-get-along-with/) (chǔ): to get along with; to be in
- [罚](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-punish/) (fá): to punish; to penalize

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

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