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Chinese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
五刑
- (historical) Five Punishments in imperial China
Hyponyms[edit]
- 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”)