斥
chì HSK7

to scold

斥 chì
reprimand verb
to blame, reprove, or scold

他因为工作中的重大失误遭到了经理的痛斥。

tā yīn​wèi gōng​zuò zhōng de zhòng​dà shī​wù zāo​dào le jīng​lǐ de tòng chì.

He was severely rebuked by the manager for a major mistake in his work.

criticize verb
to criticize or reject strongly, often used in the context of academic or ideological debate

教授在文章中斥这种过时的观点为阻碍社会进步的谬论。

jiào​shòu zài wén​zhāng zhōng chì zhè zhǒng guò​shí de guān​diǎn wéi zǔ'ài shè​huì jìn​bù de miù​lùn.

In the article, the professor denounced this outdated view as a fallacy that hinders social progress.

expand verb
to enlarge or extend territory

那个扩张的时代，各国都致力于开疆斥土。

nà gè kuò​zhāng de shí​dài, gè guó dōu zhì​lì​yú kāi jiāng chì tǔ.

During that era of expansion, nations were dedicated to expanding their territories.

reconnoiter verb
to scout or survey, especially for military purposes

斥候在前方打探消息。

chì hòu zài qián​fāng dǎ​tàn xiāo​xi.

Scouts were scouting for information ahead.

saline marsh verb
salty land or a salt marsh

这里的土壤多为无法耕种的斥地。

zhè​lǐ de tǔ​rǎng duō wéi wú​fǎ gēng​zhòng de chì dì.

The soil here is mostly alkaline land that cannot be cultivated.

expel verb
to drive out, oust, or exclude

他因为在会议上无礼，被当场斥退。

tā yīn​wèi zài huì​yì shàng wú​lǐ, bèi dāng​chǎng chì​tuì.

He was dismissed on the spot for being rude during the meeting.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,857th most common 43.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,473rd most common 9.03 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.270 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
3.80 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+65A5

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)