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死刑

sǐ xíng

2-character word

What 死刑 means

1. death penalty; capital punishment

The characters in 死刑

• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
• 刑xíngpunishment; penalty; sentence

Example sentences

• 我们应该废除死刑。
  Wǒmen yīnggāi fèichú sǐxíng.
  We should abolish the death penalty.
• 许多国家已经废除了死刑。
  Xǔduō guójiā yǐjīng fèichú le sǐxíng.
  Many countries have abolished capital punishment.
• 死刑在美国的很多州都被废除了。
  Sǐxíng zài Měiguó de hěn duō zhōu dōu bèi fèichú le.
  The death penalty had been done away with in many states in the USA.

Words starting with 死刑

• 死刑缓期执行sǐ xíng huǎn qī zhí xíngdeferred death sentence; abbr. to 死缓