減刑

Chinese

		to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	punishment
trad. (減刑)		減	刑
simp. (减刑)		减	刑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎnxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam² jing⁴
Min Nan (POJ): kiám-hêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiǎnxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanshyng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaam² jing⁴
  - Yale: gáam yìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaam² jing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gam² ying⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /käːm³⁵ jɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: kiám-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmheeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²³/

Verb

減刑

(law) to mitigate a sentence; to lower a penalty

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (減刑):

→ Japanese: 減 (げん)刑 (けい) (genkei)
→ Korean: 감형 (減刑, gamhyeong)
→ Vietnamese: giảm hình (減刑)

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