酷刑

Chinese

		ruthless; strong (as of wine); (slang loan from English) cool, great	punishment
trad. (酷刑)		酷	刑
simp. #(酷刑)		酷	刑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): huk⁶ jing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khok-hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùsíng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴-hsing²
    • Yale: kù-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuhshyng
    • Palladius: кусин (kusin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: huk⁶ jing⁴
    • Yale: huhk yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: huk⁹ jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hug⁶ ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊk̚² jɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: khok-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qokheeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ hiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪŋ²³/

Noun

酷刑

1. torture; corporal punishment

Synonyms

• 苦刑 (kǔxíng)