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无期徒刑

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Pīnyīn
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life imprisonment

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *无* | 无* | *无
4画
negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
1041.0
MKU
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *期* | 期* | *期
12画
period of time; date; time limit
4782.0
TCB
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *徒* | 徒* | *徒
10画
disciple, follower; go on foot
2428.1
HOGYO
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 *刑* | 刑* | *刑
6画
punishment, penalty; law
1240.0
MTLN

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
life imprisonment
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *无* | 无* | *无
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *无* | 无* | *无
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
unspecified period / in the indefinite future / no fixed time / indefinite sentence (i.e. life imprisonment)
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *期* | 期* | *期
variant of / period / cycle
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *期* | 期* | *期
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2]
  
  
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徒* | 徒* | *徒
surname Tu
  
  
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徒* | 徒* | *徒
(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒 "swindler" or 叛徒 "traitor" etc) / (bound form) on foot / (bound form) bare; empty / (bound form) to no avail; in vain / (bound form) merely; just; only / (bound form) prison sentence
  
prison sentence
   
   Xíng
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刑* | 刑* | *刑
surname Xing
   
   xíng
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刑* | 刑* | *刑
punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment