Chinese symbol for “chastise”
怒怼
nù duǐ
Traditional: 怒懟
(Internet slang) to chastise; to angrily denounce
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chastise is 怒怼 (nù duǐ), defined as: (Internet slang) to chastise; to angrily denounce.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 怒怼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 愤怒 (憤怒) | fèn nù | angry; indignant |
| 激怒 | jī nù | to infuriate; to enrage |
| 怒火 | nù huǒ | rage; fury |
| 怒气 (怒氣) | nù qì | anger |
| 怒吼 | nù hǒu | to bellow; to rave |
| 发怒 (發怒) | fā nù | to get angry |
| 怨怼 (怨懟) | yuàn duì | resentment; grudge |
| 回怼 (回懟) | huí duǐ | (Internet slang) to retaliate verbally; to hit back (at critics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chastise”.
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.