私刑 meaning in English

sīxíng

extralegal punishment inflicted without legal authority or due process

13 strokes

Meaning of 私刑

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

sīxíng
  1. extralegal punishment inflicted without legal authority or due process

私刑 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

仇chóu恨hèn言yán论lùn会huì煽shān动dòng私sī刑xíng。
Hate speech incites lynchings.

Stroke order for each character

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私 sī · personal · 7 strokes

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刑 xíng · punishment · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 私刑.

私人sīrénprivate; personal
隐私yǐnsīsecrets; private business
走私zǒusīto smuggle; to have an illicit affair
自私zìsīselfish; selfishness
私下sīxiàin private
私事sīshìpersonal matters
无私wúsīselfless; unselfish
私自sīzìprivate; personal; secretly; without explicit approval
刑法xíngfǎcriminal law
自私自利zìsī-zìlìeverything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others; selfish
私有sīyǒuprivate; privately-owned
私立sīlìprivately-run; private (school, hospital etc); to set up illegally

Questions about 私刑

What does 私刑 mean?

私刑 (sīxíng) means "extralegal punishment inflicted without legal authority or due process".

How do you write 私刑?

私刑 is made of 2 characters: 私 (7 strokes), 刑 (6 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.