ci1 jing4笞刑
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Definition
Caning or flogging; a corporal punishment of whipping a criminal's buttocks.
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How it's used
This term is strictly formal and refers to a historical or legal punishment rather than casual physical discipline. It is rarely used in daily conversation, where people would instead use the more descriptive and colloquial term 打藤. It carries a heavy, archaic tone associated with judicial corporal punishment.
Examples
In the past, committing a crime could result in a caning sentence.
Do you know how a caning sentence is carried out?
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Common phrases
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Common mistake
Learners often mistake this for a general term for hitting someone, but it specifically refers to a legal or judicial punishment. Using it to describe a parent hitting a child is inappropriate and sounds bizarrely formal or clinical.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
