討伐

See also: 讨伐

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	(v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against (v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against; descend upon
trad. (討伐)		討	伐
simp. (讨伐)		讨	伐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǎofá, tǎofā

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄈㄚˊ, ㄊㄠˇ ㄈㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² fat⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thó-hoa̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): to² huag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǎofá
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄈㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǎofá
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao³-fa²
  - Yale: tǎu-fá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taofar
  - Palladius: таофа (taofa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǎofā
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄈㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǎofa
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao³-fa¹
  - Yale: tǎu-fā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taofa
  - Palladius: таофа (taofa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² fat⁶
  - Yale: tóu faht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² fat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² fed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ fɐt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-hoa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: thó-hua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toy'hoat
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huat̚²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huat̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: to² huag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thó hua̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ huak̚⁴/

Verb

討伐

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

Synonyms

伐 (fá)
力征 (lìzhēng) (literary)
征伐 (zhēngfá)
征討 (zhēngtǎo)
撻伐 / 挞伐 (tàfá) (literary)
砍伐 (kǎnfá) (literary)
膺懲 / 膺惩 (yīngchéng) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
討	伐
とう Grade: 6	ばつ Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーばつ [tòóbátsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːba̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

討(とう)伐(ばつ) • (tōbatsu)

subjugation

Verb

討(とう)伐(ばつ)する • (tōbatsu suru) transitive suru (stem 討(とう)伐(ばつ)し (tōbatsu shi), past 討(とう)伐(ばつ)した (tōbatsu shita))

subjugate, subdue, suppress

Conjugation

Conjugation of "討伐する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	討伐し	とうばつし	tōbatsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	討伐し	とうばつし	tōbatsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	討伐する	とうばつする	tōbatsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	討伐する	とうばつする	tōbatsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	討伐すれ	とうばつすれ	tōbatsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	討伐せよ¹ 討伐しろ²	とうばつせよ¹ とうばつしろ²	tōbatsu seyo¹ tōbatsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	討伐される	とうばつされる	tōbatsu sareru
Causative	討伐させる討伐さす	とうばつさせるとうばつさす	tōbatsu saseru tōbatsu sasu
Potential	討伐できる	とうばつできる	tōbatsu dekiru
Volitional	討伐しよう	とうばつしよう	tōbatsu shiyō
Negative	討伐しない	とうばつしない	tōbatsu shinai
Negative continuative	討伐せず	とうばつせず	tōbatsu sezu
Formal	討伐します	とうばつします	tōbatsu shimasu
Perfective	討伐した	とうばつした	tōbatsu shita
Conjunctive	討伐して	とうばつして	tōbatsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	討伐すれば	とうばつすれば	tōbatsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“討伐”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
討	伐

Noun

討伐 • (tobeol) (hangeul 토벌)

hanja form^? of 토벌 (“subjugation”)