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 | ||
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simp. and trad. (大辟) |
大 | 辟 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 大辟
- (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.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd 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.”
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.]
Synonyms
- 死刑 (sǐxíng)