大辟

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	law; king; emperor law; king; emperor; monarch; royal; ward off
simp. and trad. (大辟)		大	辟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàpì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ pik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàpì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàpì
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pʻi⁴
    • Yale: dà-pì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahpih
    • Palladius: дапи (dapi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ pik¹
    • Yale: daaih pīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ pik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ pig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² pʰɪk̚⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大辟

1. (historical) capital punishment; decapitation (one of the Five Punishments in feudal China)

   • 其死罪，則曰「某之罪在大辟」；其刑罪，則曰「某之罪在小辟」。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其死罪，则曰「某之罪在大辟」；其刑罪，则曰「某之罪在小辟」。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qí sǐzuì, zé yuē “mǒu zhī zuì zài dàpì”; qí xíngzuì, zé yuē “mǒu zhī zuì zài xiǎopì”. [Pinyin]

     If the penalty were death, he would say, “The offence of So and So is a capital crime.” If the penalty were less, he would say, “The offence of So and So has received a lighter sentence.”

Synonyms

• 死刑 (sǐxíng)