伐
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
fá fa2
- to cut down
- to fell
- to dispatch an expedition against
- to attack
- to boast
- Taiwan pr. [fā]
Example sentences
- What steps should we take?
- Hungary and Slovakia are neighbors.
HSK words with 伐
More words with 伐
- 伐木 fámù to cut wood
- 征伐 zhēngfá to go on or send a punitive expedition
- 吊伐 diàofá to console the people by punishing the tyrants (abbr. for 吊民伐罪 (diào mín fá zuì))
- 禁伐 jìnfá a ban on logging
- 采伐 cǎifá to fell
- 攻伐 gōngfá to attack
- 讨伐 tǎofá to suppress by armed force
- 盗伐 dàofá to unlawfully fell trees
- 伐柯 fákē (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax
- 滥伐 lànfá to denude
- 砍伐 kǎnfá to hew