鞭刑

biānxíng

noun

Meanings

1 caning
2 flogging (corporal punishment)

Characters

punishment, penalty

Examples

HSK 6

新加坡至今仍保留鞭刑。

Xīnjiāpō zhìjīn réng bǎoliú biānxíng.

Singapore still retains caning as a punishment to this day.

HSK 7-9

他因贩毒被判处鞭刑。

Tā yīn fàndú bèi pànchǔ biānxíng.

He was sentenced to caning for drug trafficking.

Tips

culture

In modern usage, 鞭刑 most often refers to judicial caning in Singapore and Malaysia - a punishment that drew international attention with the 1994 Michael Fay case. Historically, flogging was a standard penalty across imperial Chinese law codes.

Stroke Order

鞭 biān

刑 xíng