We should abolish the death penalty.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
死刑
death penalty; capital punishment
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
death penalty; capital punishment
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 死刑 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 死刑 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Many countries have abolished capital punishment.
The death penalty had been done away with in many states in the USA.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 死刑.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 死刑.
Directly before
- 了死刑2
- 废除死刑2
Directly after
- 死刑在1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 死刑
What does 死刑 mean in Chinese?
死刑 (sǐxíng) means death penalty; capital punishment.
How do you pronounce 死刑?
死刑 is pronounced sǐxíng.
Is 死刑 an HSK word?
死刑 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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