徒刑

túxíng
prison sentence

CEDICT

  1. (law) imprisonment; prison sentence
  2. imprisonment; prison sentence

Wiktionary

对犯人依法监禁，并令其服法定的劳役。法律上分为有期、无期两种。

重編國語辭典

对犯人依法监禁，并令其服法定的劳役

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 徒 tú
  1. (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 骗徒 piàntú "swindler" or 叛徒 pàntú "traitor" etc)
  2. (bound form) on foot
  3. (bound form) bare; empty
  4. (bound form) to no avail; in vain
  5. (bound form) merely; just; only
  6. (bound form) prison sentence
2 刑 xíng
  1. punishment
  2. penalty
  3. sentence
  4. torture
  5. corporal punishment

Containing this entry

有期徒刑 yǒuqītúxíng limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)
无期徒刑 wúqītúxíng life imprisonment

Related entries

徒 tú
  1. (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 骗徒 piàntú "swindler" or 叛徒 pàntú "traitor" etc)
  2. (bound form) on foot
  3. (bound form) bare; empty
  4. (bound form) to no avail; in vain
  5. (bound form) merely; just; only
  6. (bound form) prison sentence
第三性別的出現增加了法律和行政上的麻煩，徒增無謂的負擔。

The emergence of a third gender has added legal and administrative complications, creating unnecessary burdens.

Source: Tatoeba