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xíng

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Definitions

  1. 1. punishment
  2. 2. penalty
  3. 3. sentence
  4. 4. torture
  5. 5. corporal punishment

Example Sentences

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我們應該廢除死
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1151474)

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Words Containing 刑

刑名
xíng míng

xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[shēn bù hài]

临刑
lín xíng

facing execution

腐刑
fǔ xíng

castration (a form of punishment during the Han period)

刑满
xíng mǎn

to complete a prison sentence

流刑
liú xíng

exile (as form of punishment)

死刑
sǐ xíng

death penalty; capital punishment

刑讯
xíng xùn

interrogation under torture

酷刑
kù xíng

cruelty

石刑
shí xíng

stoning (execution method)

刑场
xíng chǎng

execution ground

服刑
fú xíng

to serve a prison sentence

刑事
xíng shì

criminal; penal

严刑
yán xíng

strict law

获刑
huò xíng

to be punished

刑事法院
xíng shì fǎ yuàn

criminal court

受刑
shòu xíng

beaten

绞刑架
jiǎo xíng jià

gibbet

国际刑事警察组织
guó jì xíng shì jǐng chá zǔ zhī

International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)

上刑
shàng xíng

severe punishment

罪刑
zuì xíng

crime and punishment

受刑人
shòu xíng rén

person being executed

杖刑
zhàng xíng

beating with wooden staves (as corporal punishment)

肉刑
ròu xíng

corporal punishment (such as castration or amputation)

刑事审判庭
xíng shì shěn pàn tíng

criminal court

刑事警察
xíng shì jǐng chá

criminal police

刑戮
xíng lù

(literary) corporal punishment or execution

苦刑
kǔ xíng

torture

刑辱
xíng rǔ

to humiliate by torture

刑堂
xíng táng

torture chamber

刑诉法
xíng sù fǎ

criminal procedure

欧洲刑警组织
ōu zhōu xíng jǐng zǔ zhī

Europol (European Police Office)

极刑
jí xíng

supreme penalty

严刑拷打
yán xíng kǎo dǎ

torture

刑人
xíng rén

criminal to be executed

刑侦
xíng zhēn

criminal investigation

酷刑折磨
kù xíng zhé mó

torture and cruel treatment

无期徒刑
wú qī tú xíng

life imprisonment

刑网
xíng wǎng

legal net

滥刑
làn xíng

indiscriminate punishment

判刑
pàn xíng

to sentence (to prison etc)

刑期
xíng qī

prison term

刑事法庭
xíng shì fǎ tíng

criminal court

毒刑
dú xíng

torture

国际刑警组织
guó jì xíng jǐng zǔ zhī

Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)

宫刑
gōng xíng

castration (archaic punishment)

刑事拘留
xíng shì jū liú

to detain as criminal

刑罚
xíng fá

sentence

刑部
xíng bù

Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)

体刑
tǐ xíng

corporal punishment

徒刑
tú xíng

prison sentence

反酷刑折磨公约
fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē

UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)

自由刑
zì yóu xíng

(law) deprivation of freedom

笞刑
chī xíng

whipping with bamboo strips (as corporal punishment)

刑律
xíng lǜ

criminal law

定刑
dìng xíng

to sentence (a criminal)

刑法
xíng fǎ

criminal law

刑案
xíng àn

criminal case

刑房
xíng fáng

office of punishment

死刑缓期执行
sǐ xíng huǎn qī zhí xíng

deferred death sentence

缓刑
huǎn xíng

suspended sentence

刑事局
xíng shì jú

Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB)

行刑队
xíng xíng duì

firing squad

刑事犯
xíng shì fàn

a criminal

量刑
liàng xíng

to assess punishment

水刑
shuǐ xíng

water-boarding (torture)

刑事诉讼法
xíng shì sù sòng fǎ

criminal procedure

刑事犯罪
xíng shì fàn zuì

criminal offense

火刑
huǒ xíng

execution by fire

刑求
xíng qiú

to extort confession by torture

膑刑
bìn xíng

removal of the kneecaps (punishment)

刑事警察局
xíng shì jǐng chá jú

Criminal Investigation Bureau

绞刑
jiǎo xíng

to execute by hanging

电刑
diàn xíng

to torture sb using electricity

刑杖
xíng zhàng

rod used for flogging offenders

十字架刑
shí zì jià xíng

crucifiction

刑名之学
xíng míng zhī xué

xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[shēn bù hài]

有期徒刑
yǒu qī tú xíng

limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)

刑具
xíng jù

punishment equipment

墨刑
mò xíng

corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead

减刑
jiǎn xíng

to reduce penalty

行刑
xíng xíng

to carry out a (death) sentence

水刑逼供
shuǐ xíng bī gòng

water-boarding, interrogation technique used by CIA

刑天
xíng tiān

Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[huáng dì]

处刑
chǔ xíng

to sentence

刑拘
xíng jū

to detain as criminal

五刑
wǔ xíng

imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mò], cutting off the nose 劓[yì], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yuè], castration 宮|宫[gōng], execution 大辟[dà pì]