| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 服刑 | fú xíng | serve a prison sentence | |
| 宮刑 | 宫刑 | gōng xíng | castration |
| 國際刑事警察組織 | 国际刑事警察组织 | Guó jì Xíng shì Jǐng chá Zǔ zhī | International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) |
| 緩刑 | 缓刑 | huǎn xíng | probation |
| 減刑 | 减刑 | jiǎn xíng | reduce penalty; shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence |
| 絞刑 | 绞刑 | jiǎo xíng | hanging |
| 酷刑 | kù xíng | cruelty; torture | |
| 判處死刑 | 判处死刑 | pàn chǔ sǐ xíng | to sentence to death |
| 判刑 | pàn xíng | sentence (to prison, etc.) | |
| 死刑 | sǐ xíng | death penalty | |
| 死刑存廢問題 | 死刑存废问题 | sǐ xíng cún fèi wèn tí | capital punishment debate |
| 徒刑 | tú xíng | (prison) sentence | |
| 無期徒刑 | 无期徒刑 | wú qī tú xíng | life imprisonment |
| 刑 | xíng | punishment | |
| 刑場 | 刑场 | xíng chǎng | (n) execution field |
| 刑罰 | 刑罚 | xíng fá | sentence; penalty; punishment |
| 刑法 | xíng fǎ | (n) criminal laws | |
| 刑期 | xíng qī | prison term | |
| 刑事 | xíng shì | criminal; penal | |
| 刑事訴訟法 | 刑事诉讼法 | xíng shì sù sòng fǎ | criminal procedure |
| 有期徒刑 | yǒu qī tú xíng | limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment) |
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