五刑

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ jing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔsíng
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-hsing²
    • Yale: wǔ-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushyng
    • Palladius: усин (usin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ jing⁴
    • Yale: ńgh yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jɪŋ²¹/

Noun

五刑

1. (historical) Five Punishments in imperial China

   • 李斯，相也，具於五刑。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     李斯，相也，具于五刑。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. 1st century BCE. Translated by Burton Watson.

     Lǐ Sī, xiàng yě, jù yú wǔxíng. [Pinyin]

     Li Si was Chancellor, yet he suffered all the five punishments.

Hyponyms

• 墨 (mò) or 黥 (qíng, “tattooing the face”)
• 劓 (yì, “cutting off the nose”)
• 刖 (yuè), 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”)