懲役

See also: 惩役

Chinese

		punish; discipline	service
trad. (懲役)		懲	役
simp. (惩役)		惩	役

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngyì, chěngyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄧˋ, ㄔㄥˇ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ jik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngyì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-i⁴
    • Yale: chéng-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngyih
    • Palladius: чэнъи (čɛnʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chěngyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˇ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chěngyì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng³-i⁴
    • Yale: chěng-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheengyih
    • Palladius: чэнъи (čɛnʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ jik⁶
    • Yale: chìhng yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ jɪk̚²/

Noun

懲役

1. (literary) forced labor; servitude

Japanese

Kanji in this term
懲	役
ちょう Grade: S	えき Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
懲役 (kyūjitai)

Noun

懲(ちょう)役(えき) • (chōeki) 

1. time in prison, prison sentence, penal servitude
   • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎^[1]:

     ただ懲(ちょう)役(えき)に行(い)かないで生(い)きているばかりである。

     Tada chōeki ni ikanai de ikite iru bakari de aru.

     I am living without becoming but a jailbird.

Korean

Hanja in this term
懲	役

Noun

懲役 • (jing'yeok) (hangeul 징역)

1. Hanja form^? of 징역 (“imprisonment; prison sentence”).