酷刑

Chinese

		ruthless; strong (as of wine); (slang loan from English) cool, great	punishment
trad. (酷刑)		酷	刑
simp. ^#(酷刑)		酷	刑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kùxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): huk⁶ jing⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khok-hêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kùxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kùsíng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴-hsing²
  - Yale: kù-syíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuhshyng
  - Palladius: кусин (kusin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: huk⁶ jing⁴
  - Yale: huhk yìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: huk⁹ jing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hug⁶ ying⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊk̚² jɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: khok-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qokheeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ hiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪŋ²³/

Noun

酷刑

torture; corporal punishment
- 1994, 沈文程, “雲中月”, in 雲中月, performed by 沈文程 and 陳盈潔:
  
  爲愛來受酷刑 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  为爱来受酷刑 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  ūi ài lâi siū khok-hêng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

苦刑 (kǔxíng)