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叱

chì
verb #33,917

Meanings

  1. 1 to scold
  2. 2 to shout at
  3. 3 to bawl out
  4. 4 to rebuke loudly

Examples

将军一声叱令，士兵立刻冲了上去。
Jiāngjūn yī shēng chì lìng, shìbīng lìkè chōng le shàngqù.
At one shout of the general's command, the soldiers immediately charged forward.
他被父亲叱了一顿。
Tā bèi fùqīn chì le yī dùn.
He got bawled out by his father.

Tips

register
叱 is literary / classical and almost never appears alone in modern speech — you meet it in compounds like 叱责 (chìzé, to rebuke), 叱咤风云 (chìzhà fēngyún, to shake heaven and earth with one's roar), and 怒叱 (nùchì, to angrily scold). In modern conversation, 骂 (mà) or 训 (xùn) replace it.
memory
The character is 口 (mouth) + 七 (seven). Picture seven sharp shouts coming out of one mouth — a blast of scolding.

Stroke Order

叱 chì