Chinese symbol for “berate”
呵斥
hē chì
to berate; to excoriate; to chide
The closest CC-CEDICT match for berate is 呵斥 (hē chì), defined as: to berate; to excoriate; to chide.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “berate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 训斥 (訓斥) | xùn chì | to reprimand; to rebuke |
| 呵禁 | hē jìn | to berate; to shout loudly |
| 嗔诟 (嗔詬) | chēn gòu | to berate; to curse in rage |
| 挥斥 (揮斥) | huī chì | to chide; to berate |
| 叱咄 | chì duō | to reprimand; to berate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 呵斥.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呵呵 | hē hē | (onom.) gentle laughter; chuckle |
| 呵护 (呵護) | hē hù | to bless; to cherish |
| 乐呵呵 (樂呵呵) | lè hē hē | happily; giddily |
| 一气呵成 (一氣呵成) | yī qì hē chéng | to do something at one go; to flow smoothly |
| 呵欠 | hē qiàn | yawn |
| 排斥 | pái chì | to reject; to exclude |
| 充斥 | chōng chì | to be full of; to flood |
| 驳斥 (駁斥) | bó chì | to refute; to debunk |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.