Definition

1. Verb:
   • To punish, to penalize: To impose a penalty or consequence on someone for a mistake, fault, or violation of rules.
   • To fine: To impose a monetary penalty.
   • To cut down or chop (e.g., a tree, branch): To strike with force to sever, typically with a blade.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to punish/penalize/fine):

  • Nó bị phạt vì đi học muộn. (He was punished for being late to school.)
  • Công ty bị phạt tiền do vi phạm quy định. (The company was fined for violating regulations.)
  • Trọng tài phạt cầu thủ đó. (The referee penalized that player.)

• Verb (to cut down):

  • Họ phạt một cây cổ thụ để làm đường. (They cut down an ancient tree to make a road.)
  • Phạt bớt cành cho cây đỡ nặng. (Chop off some branches to lighten the tree.)

Advanced Usage

• "Phạt góc" (in sports): To award a corner kick.

  • Trọng tài thổi phạt góc cho đội nhà. (The referee awarded a corner kick to the home team.)

• "Phạt đền" (in sports): To award a penalty kick; can also mean a penalty in a legal/contractual sense.

  • Đội khách bị phạt đền ở phút cuối. (The away team conceded a penalty in the final minute.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phạt tiền (v): To fine, to impose a monetary penalty.

  • Người vi phạm bị phạt tiền nặng. (The violator was heavily fined.)

• Trừng phạt (v): To punish, often with a connotation of retribution or severity.

  • Kẻ phản bội phải bị trừng phạt. (The traitor must be punished.)

• Hình phạt (n): Punishment, penalty, sentence.

  • Hình phạt cho tội này rất nghiêm khắc. (The punishment for this crime is very severe.)

Synonyms

• Punish: To impose a penalty for an offense.
• Fine: To require a monetary payment as a penalty.
• Penalize: To subject to a penalty, especially in sports or games.
• Chop / Cut down: To sever with a sharp tool.

Related Idioms

• Phạt như phạt trẻ con: To punish lightly or in a manner considered trivial.

  • Mức phạt ấy chẳng khác gì phạt như phạt trẻ con. (That penalty is no different from punishing a child—it's too light.)

• Ăn phạt: To receive a penalty (common in sports or informal contexts).

  • Đội bóng ăn phạt thẻ đỏ. (The team received a red card penalty.)

verb

1. to punish, to fine, to penalize
   • nó bị mẹ nó phạt
     he was punish by his mother

verb

1. to cut down (a tree)