刑

刑 [xíng] 名

1. ■ （刑罚） punishment:

免刑 exempt from punishment;

判刑 sentence; pass sentence;

死刑 capital punishment; the death penalty;

刑满释放 be released after serving a sentence;

他被从死刑减为无期徒刑。 His punishment of death was commuted to life imprisonment.

2. ■ （对犯人的体罚） torture; corporal punishment:

酷刑 cruel [savage] torture;

受刑 suffer corporal punishment;

用刑 put sb. to torture; torture;

犯人在受刑。 The criminal is undergoing torture.

3. ■ （姓氏）a surname:

刑明 Xing Ming