chéng​fá HSK7

punish

惩罚 (懲罰) chéng​fá
punish verb
to impose a penalty for a wrongdoing or crime

The teacher punished him by making him clean the classroom.

punishment verb
a penalty or sanction imposed for an offense

He received severe punishment for his mistakes.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
39.6 per million appears in 15% of films
Written text
14.5 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT