义项
指出别人做得不对的地方，希望他改正
批, to strike or point at, and 评, to appraise — pointing at a fault with the intention of having it fixed, more formal and pointed than a scolding. It always names who bears the criticism, and often why: 老师批评了他，因为他迟到了。
verb
例句
- 老师批评了我，因为我作业没做完。老師批評了我，因為我作業沒做完。Lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) pīpíngle (first tone, high and level) wǒ, (third tone, dipping) yīnwèi (first tone, high and level) wǒ (third tone, dipping) zuòyè (fourth tone, falling) méi (second tone, rising) zuòwán. (fourth tone, falling)···
The teacher reprimanded me because I hadn’t finished my homework.
- 他很怕别人批评他的工作。他很怕別人批評他的工作。Tā (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) pà (fourth tone, falling) biérén (second tone, rising) pīpíng (first tone, high and level) tā (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) gōngzuò. (first tone, high and level)···
He’s very afraid of others criticizing his work.
常见错误
不太对老师批评，因为我作业没做完。
正确老师批评了我，因为我作业没做完。
批评 needs to name who is being criticized. Left without an object, the sentence never says who actually bore the criticism.