刑[xíng] 基本解释：
新英汉大词典：
- 刑[xíng]
- 名词- （刑罚） punishment:
exempt from punishment;免刑
sentence; pass sentence;判刑
- （对犯人的体罚） torture; corporal punishment:cruel [savage] torture;酷刑
suffer corporal punishment;受刑
- （姓氏）a surname:Xing Ming刑明
以上内容来源于：《新汉英大辞典》
例句与用法：
His views on capital punishment are unpalatable to many.
There are strong arguments for and against capital punishment.
I don't really believe in capital punishment, I'm just playing the devil's advocate.
To sum up, only when strict punishment can be imposed on the lawless, can social stability be maintained.
Desertion from the army is punishable by death.
The criminal was sentenced to capital punishment.
The king oppressed his people with terrible taxes and punishments.
刑的其他解释: