Meaning of 主刑
主刑 means principal punishment; principal penalty (in criminal law, a punishment that can be applied independently to offenders). Pronounced zhǔ xíng.
- principal punishment; principal penalty (in criminal law, a punishment that can be applied independently to offenders)
Definitions & Examples
Gēn根
jù据
wǒ我
guó国
xíng刑
fǎ法
，
zhǔ主
xíng刑
bāo包
kuò括
guǎn管
zhì制
、
jū拘
yì役
、
yǒu有
qī期
tú徒
xíng刑
、
wú无
qī期
tú徒
xíng刑
hé和
sǐ死
xíng刑
。
According to China's Criminal Law, principal punishments include public surveillance, criminal detention, fixed-term imprisonment, life imprisonment, and the death penalty.
Zhǔ主
xíng刑
zhǐ只
néng能
dú独
lì立
shì适
yòng用
，
bù不
néng能
fù附
jiā加
shì适
yòng用
。
Principal punishments can only be applied independently, not supplementarily.
Fǎ法
yuàn院
pàn判
chǔ处
bèi被
gào告
rén人
sān三
nián年
yǒu有
qī期
tú徒
xíng刑
zuò作
wéi为
zhǔ主
xíng刑
，
bìng并
chù处
fá罚
jīn金
zuò作
wéi为
fù附
jiā加
xíng刑
。
The court sentenced the defendant to three years of fixed-term imprisonment as the principal punishment, plus a fine as the supplementary punishment.
Yǔ与
fù附
jiā加
xíng刑
bù不
tóng同
，
zhǔ主
xíng刑
zhǐ只
néng能
dān单
dú独
pàn判
chǔ处
，
bù不
néng能
yǔ与
qí其
tā他
zhǔ主
xíng刑
hé合
bìng并
zhí执
xíng行
。
Unlike supplementary punishments, principal punishments can only be sentenced separately and cannot be combined with other principal punishments for concurrent execution.