懲役

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See also: 惩役

Chinese

		punish; discipline	service
trad. (懲役)		懲	役
simp. (惩役)		惩	役

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngyì, chěngyì

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄧˋ, ㄔㄥˇ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ jik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngyì
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-i⁴
  - Yale: chéng-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngyih
  - Palladius: чэнъи (čɛnʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    城邑
    懲役 / 惩役
    誠意 / 诚意
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chěngyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˇ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chěngyì
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng³-i⁴
  - Yale: chěng-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheengyih
  - Palladius: чэнъи (čɛnʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing⁴ jik⁶
  - Yale: chìhng yihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ jik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ yig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ jɪk̚²/

Noun

懲役

(literary) forced labor; servitude

Japanese

Kanji in this term
懲	役
ちょう Grade: S	えき Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
懲役 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーえき (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

懲(ちょう)役(えき) • (chōeki)

time in prison, prison sentence
- 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎:
  
  ただ懲(ちょう)役(えき)に行(い)かないで生(い)きているばかりである。
  Tada chōeki ni ikanai de ikite iru bakari de aru.
  I am living without becoming but a jailbird.
1. (specifically) imprisonment with mandatory penal labour; penal servitude; rigorous imprisonment

Korean

Hanja in this term
懲	役

Noun

懲役 • (jing'yeok) (hangeul 징역)

hanja form^? of 징역 (“imprisonment; prison sentence”)

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