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有期徒刑
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limited term of imprisonment (anything less than life imprisonment) Level: 3 Google Frequency: 2,390,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1931 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 1st Sep 2005 22:27 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:有 jau5 jau6 - have; there is期 kei4 - period of time; phase; expect 徒 tou4 - on foot; disciple; guy; empty; merely 刑 jing4 - punishment; penalty; torture |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).