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Meaning of 笞

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Pinyin: chī
English Definition: to whip with bamboo strips
Chinese Definition:
①用鞭杖或竹板打:鞭笞。
②古代用竹板或荆条打人脊背或臀腿的刑罚:笞刑。
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (bamboo) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ zhú ] bamboo; flute
    • [ tái ] platform; unit; term of address
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Example Words
鞭笞 biān chī to flog; to lash; to whip; to urge or goad along
榜笞 bàng chī to beat; to flog; to whip
笞刑 chī xíng whipping with bamboo strips (as corporal punishment)
笞掠 chī lüè to flog
笞挞 chī to flog; to whip
More: 笞* | *笞 | *笞*
Example Sentences
1
Periodically they were driven from behind the houses by their own cavalry, who beat at them with the flats of their sabers like schoolteachers paddling truants.
2
It was more like a holiday spree as the result of discovering the schoolmaster Life with his cane to be a myth, and thereby being able to shake myself free from the petty rules of his school.
3
"You bet, " he replied, "I used to be in Corporate America. But I got tired of thinking my best would never be good enough.
4
I think you need a good old-fashioned spanking and I'm going to give you one.
5
Now Tara, I'm sure a well-read lady like you knows that a good old-fashioned spanking has to be on the bare bottom to do any good.