五刑

Chinese

		five	punishment
simp. and trad. (五刑)		五	刑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǔxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushyng
  - IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/

Noun

五刑

(historical) Five Punishments in imperial China

Hyponyms

墨 (mò) or 黥 (qíng, “tattooing the face”)
劓 (yì, “cutting off the nose”)
刖 (yuè), 臏／膑 (bìn), 斬趾／斩趾 (zhǎnzhǐ, “cutting off one or both feet”)
宮／宫 (gōng), 淫刑 (yínxíng), 腐刑 (fǔxíng), 蠶室刑／蚕室刑 (cánshì xíng, “emasculation”)
大辟 (dà pì, “execution”)

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