砍伐

Chinese

		to chop	(v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against (v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against; descend upon
simp. and trad. (砍伐)		砍	伐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎnfá, kǎnfā

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˇ ㄈㄚˊ, ㄎㄢˇ ㄈㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham² fat⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khám-hoa̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎnfá
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ ㄈㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎnfá
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan³-fa²
    • Yale: kǎn-fá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaanfar
    • Palladius: каньфа (kanʹfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ fä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎnfā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎnfa
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan³-fa¹
    • Yale: kǎn-fā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaanfa
    • Palladius: каньфа (kanʹfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ fä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham² fat⁶
    • Yale: hám faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham² fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem² fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm³⁵ fɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khám-hoa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khám-hua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qafmhoat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚⁴/

Verb

砍伐 (transitive)

1. to fell (trees); to lop; to cut down; to hew; to deforest

   森林砍伐率  ―  sēnlín kǎnfá lǜ  ―  rate of deforestation

2. (literary) to subdue by sending armed forces; to wage a punitive expedition; to send troops to suppress

Synonyms

• (to subdue):

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• 力征 (lìzhēng) (literary)
• 征伐 (zhēngfá)
• 征討 (zhēngtǎo)
• 撻伐 / 挞伐 (tàfá) (literary)
• 膺懲 / 膺惩 (yīngchéng) (literary)
• 討伐 / 讨伐 (tǎofá)