刑 (jing4 | xing2) : punishment; penalty; torture

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刑

jing4

xing2

[1] punishment; penalty; sentence [2] torture; corporal punishment

Stroke count: 6

Level: 3

Radical: 刀 (#18)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

刑

This word has been viewed 10546 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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死刑 sei2 jing4 si3 xing2 = death penalty; capital punishment

刑事 jing4 si6 xing2 shi4 = criminal; penal

刑場 jing4 coeng4 xing2 chang3 = execution field (syn.: 法場)

刑法 jing4 faat3 xing2 fa3 = criminal law

刑期 jing4 kei4 xing2 qi1 (PRC), xing2 qi2 (Taiwan) = prison term, term of imprisonment, period of punishment

有期徒刑 jau5 kei4 tou4 jing4 you3 qi1 tu2 xing2 (PRC), you3 qi2 tu2 xing2 (Taiwan) = limited term of imprisonment (anything less than life imprisonment)

服刑 fuk6 jing4 fu2 xing2 = serve a prison sentence

刑罰 jing4 fat6 = penalty; punishment

判刑 pun3 jing4 = condemn; to sentence; a sentence (for a crime)

便衣刑警 bin6 ji1 jing4 ging2 bian4 yi1 xing2 jing3 = plain-clothes man

判處死刑 pun3 cyu2 sei2 jing4 pan4 chu3 si3 xing2 = to sentence to death

電刑 din6 jing4 = electrocution (as punishment)

徒刑 tou4 jing4 tu2 xing2 = (prison) sentence; imprisonment

受刑 sau6 jing4 = to be tortured

刑事處分 jing4 si6 cyu2 fan1 xing2 shi4 chu3 fen4 = criminal disposal; criminal sanction; penal treatment

重刑 cung5 jing4 = heavy penalty; severe punishment

嚴刑拷打 jim4 jing4 haau1 daa2 yan2 xing2 kao3 da3 = cruelly beat up

刑事案件 jing4 si6 on3 gin6*2 xing2 shi4 an4 jian4 = a criminal case

棍刑 gwan3 jing4 gun4 xing2 = death by impaling (form of execution)

刑事訴訟 jing4 si6 sou3 zung6 xing2 shi4 su4 song4 = criminal prosecution

刑事毀壞 jing4 si6 wai2 waai6 xing2 shi4 hui3 huai4 = property damage; criminal damage

極刑 gik6 jing4 ji2 xing2 = the death penalty; capital punishment

緩刑 wun6 jing4 huan3 xing2 = [1] probation; respite [2] suspend a sentence

減刑 gaam2 jing4 jian3 xing2 = mitigate a sentence; reduce a penalty

無期徒刑 mou4 kei4 tou4 jing4 wu2 qi1 tu2 xing2 = life imprisonment

酷刑 huk6 jing4 ku4 xing2 = torture

量刑 loeng6 jing4 liang4 xing2 = assess punishment

私刑 si1 jing4 si1 xing2 = lynching

嚴刑逼供 jim4 jing4 bik1 gung1 yan2 xing2 bi1 gong1 = force someone to make a confession by harsh punishment

用刑 jung6 jing4 yong4 xing2 = torture

刑滿 jing4 mun5 xing2 man3 = expiration of a prision term

腐刑 fu6 jing4 fu3 xing2 = castration (a form of punishment during the Han period, lit., "punishment by corrosion")

水刑 seoi2 jing4 shui3 xing2 = waterboarding (form of torture)

俱五刑 keoi1 ng5 jing4 ju4 wu3 xing2 = five cutting (form of execution)

宮刑 gung1 jing4 gong1 xing2 = death by castration (form of execution, one bleeds to death)

刖刑 jyut6 jing4 yue4 xing2 = death by cutting away the legs or feet (form of execution)

絞刑 gaau2 jing4 = death by strangulation with a two man tourniquet (form of execution)

刑事責任年齡 jing4 si6 zaak3 jam6 nin4 ling4 xing2 shi4 ze2 ren4 nian2 ling2 = age of penal responsibility

聯合國國際刑事管轄問題委員會 lyun4 hap6 gwok3 gwok3 zai3 jing4 si6 gun2 hat6 man6 tai4 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 = United Nations Committee on International Criminal Jurisdiction

國際刑事法庭 gwok3 zai3 jing4 si6 faat3 ting4 = The International Criminal Court

歐洲刑警組織 au1 zau1 jing4 ging2 zou2 zik1 ou1 zhou1 xing2 jing3 zu3 zhi1 = Europol (European Police Office)

國際刑警組織 gwok3 zai3 jing4 ging2 zou2 zik1 guo2 ji4 xing2 jing3 zu3 zhi1 = Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)

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