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HSK
5

punish

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

fa2

Meaning


Primary

punish

Alternatives

to punish, punished, punishing, penalize, to penalize, penalty, penalized, penalizes, penalizing

Mnemonic


[f-] Frodo is [2] inside the lobby of the [-a] auditorium, playing a game where he has to catch a moving 刂 saber with a 罒 net. He fails, and is 罚 punished by being forced to hang in a 罒 net from the ceiling while the other participants shout 讠 words of insults at him. This strange sport is a favorite of thespians, who particularly like 罚 punishing those who lose.

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