五刑

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Chinese

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

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五刑 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Five Punishments (English)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ jing⁴

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

(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.
  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”)

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