鞭刑

biānxíng

noun

Meanings

1 caning
2 flogging (corporal punishment)

Characters

punishment, penalty

Examples

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.

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