斥 (chì): to blame, to reprove, to reprimand
斥 (chì) is a Chinese character meaning “to blame.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 斤 (structural) and 丶 (structural). It ranks #1838 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 斥 someone scolded for cutting themselves 丶 with an axe 斤. Its radical form 斤 (axe) appears in many related characters such as 新 (xīn, abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]), 斤 (jīn, catty), 断 (duàn, to break).
Definitions
- to blame
- to reprove
- to reprimand
Etymology & Origin
ideographicSomeone scolded for cutting themselves 丶 with an axe 斤
Decomposition: ⿸斤丶 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 排斥 | pái chì | to reject |
| 充斥 | chōng chì | to be full of |
| 训斥 | xùn chì | to reprimand |
| 斥责 | chì zé | to lash out |
| 驳斥 | bó chì | to refute |
| 呵斥 | hē chì | to berate |
| 相斥 | xiāng chì | mutual repulsion (e.g. electrostatic) |
| 痛斥 | tòng chì | to criticize harshly |
| 互斥 | hù chì | mutually exclusive |
| 怒斥 | nù chì | to angrily rebuke |
| 申斥 | shēn chì | to rebuke |
| 斥资 | chì zī | to spend |
| 斥力 | chì lì | repulsion (in electrostatics) |
| 斥骂 | chì mà | to scold |
| 同性相斥 | tóng xìng xiāng chì | like polarities repel each other |
斥 appears in 33 compound words: 21 as the first character, 73 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 斥 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
斥字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
chì zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "斥" is not frequently used in everyday life.
中钢董事会通过配发0.15元现金股利 斥资77亿元更新设备
zhōng gāng dǒng shì huì tōng guò pèi fā 0 . 1 5 yuán xiàn jīn gǔ lì chì zī 7 7 yì yuán gēng xīn shè bèi
The board of directors of China Steel approved the distribution of 0.15 yuan in cash dividends and spent 7.7 billion yuan to update equipment
海螺水泥(00914)控股股东海螺集团将斥不高于14亿人币增持A股
hǎi luó shuǐ ní ( 0 0 9 1 4 ) kòng gǔ gǔ dōng hǎi luó jí tuán jiāng chì bù gāo yú 1 4 yì rén bì zēng chí A gǔ
Conch Group, the controlling shareholder of Conch Cement (00914), will spend no more than 1.4 billion yuan to increase its holdings of A-shares
...陈子强遭控假公益“画作捐款呒影” 经纪人斥抹黑
. . . chén zǐ qiáng zāo kòng jiǎ gōng yì huà zuò juān kuǎn 呒 yǐng jīng jì rén chì mā hēi
... Chen Ziqiang was accused of fake public welfare "painting donations" and his agent reprimanded and smeared
爱德新能源(02623)拟斥资约3950万澳元认购澳洲黄金生产商Ho...
ài dé xīn néng yuán ( 0 2 6 2 3 ) nǐ chì zī yuē 3 9 5 0 wàn ào yuán rèn gòu ào zhōu huáng jīn shēng chǎn shāng H o . . .
Amide New Energy (02623) plans to spend about 39.5 million Australian dollars to subscribe to Australian gold producer Ho...
...设点开出第一枪 API石油钢管大厂天声将斥资13亿元前进德州
. . . shè diǎn kāi chū dì yī qiāng A P I shí yóu gāng guǎn dà hǎn tiān shēng jiāng chì zī 1 3 yì yuán qián jìn dé zhōu
... Set up a point to fire the first shot API petroleum steel pipe manufacturer Tiansheng will spend 1.3 billion yuan to advance to Texas
詹姆斯怕极了在课堂上犯错并被训斥。
Zhānmǔsī pà jíle zài kètáng shàng fàncuò bìng bèi xùnchì.
James had a great fear of making mistakes in class and being reprimanded.
收音机广播充斥着有关最近爆炸的新闻。
Shōuyīnjī guǎngbō chōngchì zhe yǒuguān zuì jìn bàozhà de xīnwén.
News of the recent blast is all over the radio.
我被那位老师严厉斥责了。
Wǒ bèi nà wèi lǎoshī yánlì chìzé le.
I got scolded severely by that teacher.
他因我喝酒而训斥我。
Tā yīn wǒ hējiǔ ér xùnchì wǒ.
He gave me a lecture on drinking.
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