膺懲

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Chinese

breast; receive punish; discipline
trad. (膺懲)
simp. (膺惩)

Pronunciation


Verb

膺懲

  1. (literary) to subdue by sending armed forces; to wage a punitive expedition; to send troops to suppress

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
よう
Hyōgaiji
ちょう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
膺懲 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(よう)(ちょう) (yōchō

  1. chastisement, penalty, punishment

Synonyms

Verb

(よう)(ちょう)する (yōchō surutransitive suru (stem (よう)(ちょう) (yōchō shi), past (よう)(ちょう)した (yōchō shita))

  1. chastise, punish
    暴支(ぼうし)膺懲(ようちょう)
    bōshi yōchō
    Punish China the outrageous
    (This phrase was used during the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945.)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN