"五刑" meaning in Chinese

See 五刑 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /ŋ̍¹³ jɪŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 五刑
  1. (historical) Five Punishments in imperial China Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-五刑-zh-noun-V4pd-aoY Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Five, Law, Prison Hyponyms: (mò), (qíng) (english: tattooing the face), (yì) (english: cutting off the nose), (yuè), 斬趾 (zhǎnzhǐ) (english: cutting off one or both feet), 斩趾 (zhǎnzhǐ) (english: cutting off one or both feet), (gōng), (gōng), 淫刑 (yínxíng), 腐刑 (fǔxíng), 蠶室刑 (cánshì xíng) (english: emasculation), 蚕室刑 (cánshì xíng) (english: emasculation), 大辟 (dà pì) (english: execution)
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          "english": "Li Si was Chancellor, yet he suffered all the five punishments.",
          "ref": " Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. 1st century BCE. Translated by Burton Watson.",
          "roman": "Lǐ Sī, xiàng yě, jù yú wǔxíng.",
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          "english": "Li Si was Chancellor, yet he suffered all the five punishments.",
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          "roman": "mò",
          "word": "墨"
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        {
          "english": "tattooing the face",
          "roman": "qíng",
          "translation": "tattooing the face",
          "word": "黥"
        },
        {
          "english": "cutting off the nose",
          "roman": "yì",
          "translation": "cutting off the nose",
          "word": "劓"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuè",
          "word": "刖"
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        {
          "english": "cutting off one or both feet",
          "roman": "zhǎnzhǐ",
          "translation": "cutting off one or both feet",
          "word": "斬趾"
        },
        {
          "english": "cutting off one or both feet",
          "roman": "zhǎnzhǐ",
          "translation": "cutting off one or both feet",
          "word": "斩趾"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gōng",
          "word": "宮"
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        {
          "roman": "gōng",
          "word": "宫"
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        {
          "roman": "yínxíng",
          "word": "淫刑"
        },
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          "word": "腐刑"
        },
        {
          "english": "emasculation",
          "roman": "cánshì xíng",
          "translation": "emasculation",
          "word": "蠶室刑"
        },
        {
          "english": "emasculation",
          "roman": "cánshì xíng",
          "translation": "emasculation",
          "word": "蚕室刑"
        },
        {
          "english": "execution",
          "roman": "dà pì",
          "translation": "execution",
          "word": "大辟"
        }
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      "zh_pron": "wǔxíng"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
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      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ jing⁴"
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      "zh_pron": "wu³-hsing²"
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      "zh_pron": "wǔ-syíng"
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      "roman": "mò",
      "word": "墨"
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      "english": "tattooing the face",
      "roman": "qíng",
      "translation": "tattooing the face",
      "word": "黥"
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      "english": "cutting off the nose",
      "roman": "yì",
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      "word": "劓"
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      "roman": "yuè",
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      "roman": "zhǎnzhǐ",
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      "word": "斬趾"
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      "roman": "zhǎnzhǐ",
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      "word": "斩趾"
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      "word": "宮"
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      "word": "淫刑"
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      "roman": "cánshì xíng",
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      "word": "蠶室刑"
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      "roman": "dà pì",
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