yòng
xíng

common
verb

Meaning of 用刑

用刑 means to torture; to subject to torture or corporal punishment. Pronounced yòng xíng.

  • to torture; to subject to torture or corporal punishment

Definitions & Examples

rén
duì
yòng
xíng
 
dàn
shǐ
zhōng
méi
yǒu
zhāo
gòng
 

The enemy tortured him, but he never confessed.

Zài
dài
 
yòng
xíng
shì
shěn
xùn
fàn
rén
de
cháng
jiàn
shǒu
duàn
 

In ancient times, torture was a common method of interrogating criminals.

guī
dìng
yán
jìn
duì
fàn
zuì
xián
rén
yòng
xíng
gòng
 

The law strictly prohibits extracting confessions from criminal suspects by torture.