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刑

xíng

HSK 6 Character

What 刑 means

1. punishment
2. penalty
3. sentence
4. torture
5. corporal punishment

Other readings

刑 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xíngsurname Xing

Example sentences

• 汤姆正在缓刑中。
  Tom is on probation.
• 扭转治疗是酷刑。
  Conversion therapy is torture.
• 我们应该废除死刑。
  Wǒmen yīnggāi fèichú sǐxíng.
  We should abolish the death penalty.
• 汤姆正在服无期徒刑。
  Tāngmǔ zhèngzài fú wúqī túxíng.
  Tom is serving a life sentence.
• 仇恨言论会煽动私刑。
  Hate speech incites lynchings.
• 许多国家已经废除了死刑。
  Xǔduō guójiā yǐjīng fèichú le sǐxíng.
  Many countries have abolished capital punishment.

Words starting with 刑

• 刑事xíng shìcriminal; penal
• 刑警xíng jǐngcriminal police (abbr. for 刑事警察
• 刑法xíng fǎcriminal law
• 刑罚xíng fásentence; penalty; punishment
• 刑侦xíng zhēncriminal investigation
• 刑场xíng chǎngexecution ground
• 刑讯xíng xùninterrogation under torture; inquisition
• 刑期xíng qīprison term
• 刑事犯xíng shì fàna criminal
• 刑具xíng jùpunishment equipment; torture instrument
• 刑事诉讼法xíng shì sù sòng fǎcriminal procedure
• 刑事犯罪xíng shì fàn zuìcriminal offense
• 刑部Xíng bùMinistry of Justice (in imperial China)
• 刑人xíng réncriminal to be executed; to execute a criminal
• 刑名xíng míngxing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai…
• 刑天Xíng tiānXingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黄帝
• 刑庭xíng tíngcriminal court (abbr. for 刑事法庭
• 刑律xíng lǜcriminal law
• 刑房xíng fángoffice of punishment; torture chamber (esp. unofficial)
• 刑案xíng àncriminal case
• 刑求xíng qiúto extort confession by torture
• 刑满xíng mǎnto complete a prison sentence
• 刑网xíng wǎnglegal net; the long arm of the law
• 刑事局Xíng shì júCriminal Investigation Bureau (CIB)

Words containing 刑

• 死刑sǐ xíngdeath penalty; capital punishment
• 酷刑kù xíngcruelty; torture
• 判刑pàn xíngto sentence (to prison etc)
• 有期徒刑yǒu qī tú xínglimited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)
• 服刑fú xíngto serve a prison sentence
• 徒刑tú xíngprison sentence
• 减刑jiǎn xíngto reduce penalty; shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence
• 无期徒刑wú qī tú xínglife imprisonment
• 受刑shòu xíngbeaten; tortured; executed
• 缓刑huǎn xíngsuspended sentence; probation
• 量刑liàng xíng(law) to determine the sentence
• 上刑shàng xíngsevere punishment; worst punishment; to torture
• 严刑yán xíngstrict law; cruel punishment; to carry out cruel law rigorously
• 定刑dìng xíngto sentence (a criminal)
• 极刑jí xíngsupreme penalty; execution
• 水刑shuǐ xíngwater-boarding (torture)
• 流刑liú xíngexile (as a form of punishment)
• 获刑huò xíngto be punished
• 罪刑zuì xíngcrime and punishment; penalty for a crime
• 临刑lín xíngfacing execution
• 处刑chǔ xíngto sentence; to condemn
• 行刑xíng xíngto carry out a (death) sentence; execution
• 电刑diàn xíngto torture sb using electricity; electrocution (capital punishment)
• 体刑tǐ xíngcorporal punishment

Characters built on 开

These share the phonetic component 开 (kāi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 并bìngand; furthermore; also
• 形xíngto appear; to look; form
• 邢Xíngsurname Xing; place name

Characters that look like 刑

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…
• 列lièto arrange; to line up; file
• 刚gāng(literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just
• 删shānto delete
• 刘liú(classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter

Sounds the same

Read xíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 行(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 型mold; type; style
• 形to appear; to look; form
• 荥used in 荥阳
• 饧maltose syrup; molasses; heavy (eyelids)
• 陉border the stove; defile; pass
• 硎whetstone
• 侀shape; statute
• 钘long-necked wine flask
• 铏soup cauldron; (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid; old variant of 硎
• 邢surname Xing; place name
• 蛵see 虰蛵