"sentence of imprisonment" Chinese-English Dictionary

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有期徒刑 yǒu qī tú xíng limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)
无期 無期 wú qī unspecified period / in the indefinite future / no fixed time / indefinite sentence (i.e. life imprisonment) syn
句式 jù shì sentence pattern / sentence structure / syntax
死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn
薄熙来 薄熙來 bó xī lái Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct
无期徒刑 無期徒刑 wú qī tú xíng life imprisonment
羁押 羈押 jī yā to detain / to take into custody / detention / imprisonment syn
苏报案 蘇報案 sū bào àn Qing's 1903 suppression of revolutionary calls in newspaper 蘇報|苏报, leading to imprisonment of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 and Zou Rong 鄒容|邹容
关于监外教养办法的研讨会 Research Workshop on Alternatives to Imprisonment
苦役或非苦役徒刑 kǔ yì huò fēi kǔ yì tú xíng imprisonment of either description
处以监禁 處以監禁 sanction of imprisonment
短期徒刑 short-term imprisonment
世界监禁盟约 世界監禁盟約 universal covenant on imprisonment
监外教养办法国际调查进展情况专家会议 監外教養辦法國際調查進展情況專家會議 Expert Meeting on the Progress of the International Survey on Alternatives to Imprisonment
监外教养办法 監外教養辦法 alternatives to imprisonment
牢狱之灾 牢獄之災 láo yù zhī zāi imprisonment
之后 之後 zhī hòu after / behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards / since then syn
一句 yī jù a line of verse / a sentence
究竟 jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result syn
从来 從來 cóng lái always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence) syn
判决 判決 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence syn
de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
语句 語句 yǔ jù sentence syn
句子 jù zi sentence / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn
一言 yī yán one sentence / brief remark
判处 判處 pàn chǔ to sentence / to condemn syn
判刑 pàn xíng to sentence (to prison etc) syn
刑罚 刑罰 xíng fá sentence / penalty / punishment syn
毕业证书 畢業證書 bì yè zhèng shū (PRC) (since 1985) graduation certificate, which certifies that the student has graduated, but not necessarily met all requirements to be awarded a degree certificate 學位證書|学位证书[xue2 wei4 zheng4 shu1] / (1981-1985) graduation certificate, which certified that the student graduated, and, if it included a final sentence indicating a degree type, also certified that the student met all the requirements for a degree syn
句型 jù xíng sentence pattern (in grammar)
见得 見得 jiàn dé to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
服刑 fú xíng to serve a prison sentence syn
造句 zào jù sentence-making
例句 lì jù example sentence
故称 故稱 gù chēng ... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence)
量刑 liàng xíng (law) to determine the sentence syn
缓刑 緩刑 huǎn xíng suspended sentence / probation
行刑 xíng xíng to carry out a (death) sentence / execution syn
落款 luò kuǎn inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
徒刑 tú xíng prison sentence syn
减刑 減刑 jiǎn xíng to reduce penalty / shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence
发配 發配 fā pèi to send away to serve a penal sentence syn
疑问句 疑問句 yí wèn jù question (grammar) / interrogative sentence
病句 bìng jù defective sentence / error (of grammar or logic)
gěi to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier) syn
tìng (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow syn
单句 單句 dān jù simple sentence (grammar)
处刑 處刑 chǔ xíng to sentence / to condemn syn
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes syn
ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation syn
监外执行 監外執行 jiān wài zhí xíng to serve (a sentence) outside prison (law)
句读 句讀 jù dòu pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / punctuation / periods and commas / sentences and phrases
na (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n") syn
(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude syn
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse syn
pàn (bound form) to differentiate / to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge / to decide / to grade / (of a judge) to sentence syn
a modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent syn
disciple / apprentice / believer / on foot / bare / empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence syn
xíng punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment syn
la sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation / particle placed after each item in a list of examples syn
o sentence-final particle that conveys informality, warmth, friendliness or intimacy / may also indicate that one is stating a fact that the other person is not aware of syn
yo (sentence-final particle expressing exhortation) / (syllable filler in a song) syn
ne final particle of a sentence (abbr. for 呢啊|呢啊[ne5 a5) syn
na sentence-final particle (abbr. for 呢啊[ne5 a5] or variant of 哪[na5]) syn
lei sentence-final particle similar to 了[le5], but carrying a tone of approval syn
陈述句 陳述句 chén shù jù declarative sentence
服完 fú wán serve out (a sentence)
肯定并例句 肯定並例句 kěn dìng bìng lì jù active conjoined sentence
判处死刑 判處死刑 pàn chǔ sǐ xíng to sentence to death
终身监禁 終身監禁 zhōng shēn jiān jìn life sentence
jià sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese) / see also 嘅[kai4]
一个幽灵在欧洲游荡 一個幽靈在歐洲遊蕩 yī gè yōu líng zài ōu zhōu yóu dàng Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa. / the opening sentence of Marx and Engels' "Communist Manifesto"
主谓句 主謂句 zhǔ wèi jù subject-predicate sentence / subject-predicate clause
主谓宾 主謂賓 zhǔ wèi bīn subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
主宾谓 主賓謂 zhǔ bīn wèi subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
倒装句 倒裝句 dào zhuāng jù (linguistics) inverted sentence
刑满 刑滿 xíng mǎn to complete a prison sentence
判赔 判賠 pàn péi to sentence (sb) to pay compensation
反坐 fǎn zuò to sentence the accuser (and free the falsely accused defendant)
受刑人 shòu xíng rén person being executed / victim of corporal punishment / person serving a sentence
句逗 jù dòu punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号 / sentences and phrases
句首 jù shǒu start of phrase or sentence
否定句 fǒu dìng jù negative sentence
大辟 dà pì (literary) death sentence / decapitation
独语句 獨語句 dú yǔ jù one-word sentence
发语辞 發語辭 fā yǔ cí literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
维持原判 維持原判 wéi chí yuán pàn to affirm the original sentence (law)
肯定句 kěn dìng jù affirmative sentence
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree / quite / rather
被判死刑 bèi pàn sǐ xíng to receive death sentence
非羁押性 非羈押性 fēi jī yā xìng noncustodial (sentence)
命令句 mìng lìng jù imperative sentence
祈使句 qí shǐ jù imperative sentence
拘留处分 custodial sentence / custodial sanction
有条件的缓刑 conditional sentence
不确定判决 不确定判決 bù què dìng pàn jué indeterminate sentence
刑期视犯人表现而定的判决 刑期視犯人表現而定的判決 indeterminate sentence
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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