五刑
Chinese
five | punishment | ||
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simp. and trad. (五刑) | 五 | 刑 |
Pronunciation
Noun
五刑
- (historical) Five Punishments in imperial China
- 李斯,相也,具於五刑。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- 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.
李斯,相也,具于五刑。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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”)