Chinese symbol for “reprimand”
训斥
xùn chì
Traditional: 訓斥
to reprimand; to rebuke; to berate; stern criticism
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reprimand is 训斥 (xùn chì), defined as: to reprimand; to rebuke; to berate; stern criticism.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “reprimand”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 训诫 (訓誡) | xùn jiè | to reprimand; to admonish |
| 惩戒 (懲戒) | chéng jiè | to discipline; reprimand |
| 斥责 (斥責) | chì zé | to lash out; to reprimand |
| 斥 | chì | to blame; to reprove |
| 谴 (譴) | qiǎn | to censure; to reprimand |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 训斥.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 训练 (訓練) | xùn liàn | to train; to drill |
| 培训 (培訓) | péi xùn | to cultivate; to train |
| 教训 (教訓) | jiào xun | to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson |
| 培训班 (培訓班) | péi xùn bān | training class |
| 军训 (軍訓) | jūn xùn | to do military training |
| 受训 (受訓) | shòu xùn | to receive training |
| 排斥 | pái chì | to reject; to exclude |
| 充斥 | chōng chì | to be full of; to flood |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reprimand”.
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.