jiǎo xíng
Traditional: 絞刑
绞刑 (jiǎo xíng) is a Chinese word meaning “to execute by hanging”.
Meanings
- 1to execute by hanging
Characters in 绞刑
Related words
死刑death penalty; capital punishment刑事criminal; penal服刑to serve a prison sentence刑punishment刑surname Xing刑警criminal police (abbr. for 刑事警察[xing2 shi4 jing3 cha2])刑期prison term绞死to hang (i.e. execute by hanging)行刑to carry out a (death) sentence缓刑suspended sentence判刑to sentence (to prison etc)绞to twist (strands into a thread)