五刑

Chinese

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

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): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ 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. [Pinyin]
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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