制裁

zhìcái

noun HSK 7-9 #10,592

Meanings

HSK 5

违反规定的企业将受到制裁。

Wéifǎn guīdìng de qǐyè jiāng shòudào zhìcái.

Companies that violate regulations will be sanctioned.

HSK 6

联合国对该国实施了经济制裁。

Liánhéguó duì gāiguó shíshī le jīngjì zhìcái.

The United Nations imposed economic sanctions on that country.

usage

制裁 functions as both a noun (sanctions) and a verb (to sanction/punish). Common collocations: 经济制裁 (economic sanctions), 实施制裁 (impose sanctions).

制 zhì

裁 cái