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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - 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, standard in 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

(literary) to send troops to suppress; to go on a punitive expedition
(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)
叱呵 (chìhē)
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)
怒 (nù) (Classical Chinese)
怪 (guài)
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)
掛數 / 挂数 (Zhangzhou 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)
鞭笞 (biānchī) (literary, figurative)
體斥 / 体斥 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Derived terms

大張撻伐 / 大张挞伐