酷 ⇒
酷 kù, ruthless/strong (e.g. of wine)/(loanword) cool/hip
残酷 cánkù, [殘酷], cruel/cruelty
冷酷 lěngkù, grim/unfeeling/callous
酷刑 kùxíng, cruelty/torture
严酷 yánkù, [嚴酷], bitter/harsh/grim/ruthless/severe/cut-throat (competition)
酷爱 kùài, [酷愛], to be keen on/to have a passion for
酷热 kùrè, [酷熱], torrid heat
残酷无情 cánkùwúqíng, [殘酷無情], cruel and unfeeling (idiom)
酷似 kùsì, to strikingly resemble
酷暑 kùshǔ, intense heat/extremely hot weather
刑 ⇒
死刑 sǐxíng, death penalty
刑事 xíngshì, criminal/penal
服刑 fúxíng, to serve a prison sentence
刑 Xíng/xíng, surname Xing, punishment/penalty/sentence/torture/corporal punishment
刑警 xíngjǐng, abbr. for 刑事警察[xíng shì jǐng chá]/criminal police
刑期 xíngqī, prison term
行刑 xíngxíng, to carry out a (death) sentence/execution
缓刑 huǎnxíng, [緩刑], suspended sentence/probation
判刑 pànxíng, to sentence (to prison etc)
酷刑 kùxíng, cruelty/torture
减刑 jiǎnxíng, [減刑], to reduce penalty/shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence
严刑 yánxíng, [嚴刑], strict law/cruel punishment/to carry out cruel law rigorously
绞刑 jiǎoxíng, [絞刑], to execute by hanging
刑罚 xíngfá, [刑罰], sentence/penalty/punishment
无期徒刑 wúqītúxíng, [無期徒刑], life imprisonment
刑讯 xíngxùn, [刑訊], interrogation under torture/inquisition
死刑犯 私刑 重刑 刑法 xíngfǎ, criminal law
有期徒刑 yǒuqītúxíng, limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)
徒刑 túxíng, prison sentence
刑具 xíngjù, punishment equipment/torture instrument
用刑 电刑 diànxíng, [電刑], to torture sb using electricity/electrocution (capital punishment)
刑侦 xíngzhēn, [刑偵], criminal investigation
绞刑架 jiǎoxíngjià, [絞刑架], gibbet/hanging post
刑场 xíngchǎng, [刑場], execution ground/gallows/scaffold
量刑 liàngxíng, to assess punishment/to determine the sentence (on a criminal)
刑事犯罪 xíngshìfànzuì, criminal offense
处刑 chǔxíng, [處刑], to sentence/to condemn
受刑 shòuxíng, beaten/tortured/executed
极刑 jíxíng, [極刑], supreme penalty/execution
刑警队 加刑 刑房 xíngfáng, office of punishment/torture chamber (esp. unofficial)
上刑 刑法典 刑台 大刑 从刑 临刑 línxíng, [臨刑], facing execution
苦刑 kǔxíng, torture/corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)
宫刑 gōngxíng, [宮刑], castration (archaic punishment)
免刑 刑事犯 xíngshìfàn, a criminal