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, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: tàfá
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄈㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahfar
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹ fä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: tàfā
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄈㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahfa
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹ fä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taat³ fat⁶
  - Yale: taat faht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taat⁸ fat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tad³ fed⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰäːt̚³ fɐt̚²/

Verb

撻伐

(literary) to send troops to suppress; to go on a punitive expedition
(figuratively) to criticise; to condemn

Derived terms

大張撻伐／大张挞伐

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