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死刑

死刑

Chinese

		to die; inpassable; uncrossable to die; inpassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	punishment
simp. and trad. (死刑)		死	刑

Noun

死刑

death penalty; capital punishment
應該廢除死刑嗎？ / 应该废除死刑吗？ ― Yīnggāi fèichú sǐxíng ma? ― Should the death penalty be abolished?

Synonyms

極刑／极刑 (jíxíng)
死罪 (sǐzuì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	刑
し Grade: 3	けい Grade: S

Noun

死刑 ‎(hiragana しけい, romaji shikei)

capital punishment

Synonyms

死罪 (しざい) ‎(shizai)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): sǐxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² jing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sí-hìn
Min Nan (POJ): sí-hêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: sǐxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshyng
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² jing⁴
  - Yale: séi yìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² jing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ jɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sí-hìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi` hinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi³ hin²
  - IPA: /ɕi³¹ hin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: sí-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy'heeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²³/