goigoi

chinh phạt

Listen
punitive expedition
Verb
punitive expedition
+1 more senses

Learn more

After looking up a meaning, choose a textbook or practice activity to keep learning Vietnamese.

  • Learn letters and pronunciation from the beginning

    Open the 10days course

    A ten-day introductory course. Open the cover to start learning or continue where you left off.

  • Learn conversation through a story

    Read about “Tết, the Third Time”

    A textbook that teaches conversation through a family story. It is being prepared; see its content and release status.

  • Practise words and sounds in short activities

    Choose from the practice list

    Choose an activity for vocabulary, tones, listening and other skills.

2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
▸
Sense 1 Verb
punitive expedition Politics, Law, Institutions & SafetyTheme

The act of sending a military force to suppress a rebellion or to attack another territory.

vi Nhà vua cử quân đội đi chinh phạt các thế lực phản loạn.

en The king sent the army on a punitive expedition against the rebels.

Sense 2 Verb
conquer Politics, Law, Institutions & SafetyTheme

To defeat an enemy and gain complete control over their territory through military force.

vi Đạo quân này đã chinh phạt nhiều vùng đất mới.

en This army has conquered many new lands.

Parts
chinh / phạt / 征伐
▸
Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
征伐
Candidates by syllable
chinh 征 phạt 伐(罰)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
chinh chiến / chinh nhân / chinh phu / chinh đông tướng quân …
▸
Use
trường chinh / chinh phục / viễn chinh / thập tự chinh …
▸
Sources, license, and AI

This page may include definitions, examples, translations, or exercise prompts edited, translated, or summarized by goigoi from Wiktionary contributors.

Applicable text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made.

Chinese-character and chữ Nôm forms are reference displays. Some are source-aligned for the whole word; others are assembled from per-syllable character mappings and are not necessarily the only or official spelling.

Some meanings, translations, or examples may be AI-assisted. Mistakes or awkward phrasing may remain.