imprisonment; penal servitude
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
imprisonment; penal servitude; sentence of forced labor
formalIn Chinese criminal law, 徒刑 is divided into fixed-term imprisonment (有期徒刑) and life imprisonment (无期徒刑).
Tā他
bèi被
pàn判
chǔ处
shí十
nián年
tú徒
xíng刑
。
He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
fàn犯
zuì罪
xíng行
wéi为
zuì最
gāo高
kě可
pàn判
wú无
qī期
tú徒
xíng刑
。
This type of criminal offense carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
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Yǒu有
qī期
tú徒
xíng刑
yǔ与
wú无
qī期
tú徒
xíng刑
de的
zhǔ主
yào要
qū区
bié别
zài在
yú于
xíng刑
qī期
shì是
fǒu否
yǒu有
gù固
dìng定
nián年
xiàn限
。
The main difference between fixed-term and life imprisonment lies in whether the sentence has a fixed number of years.