嚴刑逼供

See also: 严刑逼供

Chinese

		cruel punishment; torture	to force a confession out of someone
trad. (嚴刑逼供)		嚴刑	逼供
simp. (严刑逼供)		严刑	逼供

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánxíng bìgòng, yánxíng bìgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄥˋ, ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ jing⁴ bik¹ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánxíng bìgòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánsíng bìgòng
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-hsing² pi⁴-kung⁴
    • Yale: yán-syíng bì-gùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshyng bihgonq
    • Palladius: яньсин бигун (janʹsin bigun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʊŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánxíng bìgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánsíng bìgong
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-hsing² pi⁴-kung¹
    • Yale: yán-syíng bì-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshyng bihgong
    • Palladius: яньсин бигун (janʹsin bigun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ pi⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁴ jing⁴ bik¹ gung¹
    • Yale: yìhm yìhng bīk gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ jing⁴ bik⁷ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ ying⁴ big¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ jɪŋ²¹ pɪk̚⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

嚴刑逼供

1. to extract a confession through torture

   他們對他嚴刑逼供。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们对他严刑逼供。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen duì tā yánxíngbīgōng. [Pinyin]

   They tortured a confession out of him.

Synonyms

• 刑訊逼供／刑讯逼供 (xíngxùn bīgòng)