鞭笞

Chinese

		a whip or lash; to flog; slash or whip	to whip with bamboo strips
trad. (鞭笞)		鞭	笞
simp. #(鞭笞)		鞭	笞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biānchī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹ ci¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pian-thi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biānchī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bianchih
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹-chʻih¹
    • Yale: byān-chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianchy
    • Palladius: бяньчи (bjanʹči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin¹ ci¹
    • Yale: bīn chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹ tsi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin¹ qi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-thi
    • Tâi-lô: pian-thi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pienty
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn³³ tʰi³³/

Verb

鞭笞

1. (literally) to flog; to whip; to lash
2. (figurative) to urge or goad along
3. (figurative) to scold sharply; to denounce bitterly

Synonyms

• (to flog): 鞭韃／鞭鞑 (biāndá), 鞭打 (biāndǎ), 鞭撻／鞭挞 (biāntà)