電刑

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	punishment
trad. (電刑)		電	刑
simp. (电刑)		电	刑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ jing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànsíng
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-hsing²
    • Yale: dyàn-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannshyng
    • Palladius: дяньсин (djanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ jing⁴
    • Yale: dihn yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² jɪŋ²¹/

Noun

電刑

1. electric torture (often as a way to force a confession)
2. electrocution (as a form of capital punishment)