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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • 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, 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

1. (literary) to send troops to suppress; to go on a punitive expedition
2. (figurative) to criticise; to condemn