終身監禁

See also: 终身监禁

Chinese

		all one's life; one's lifetime	to imprison; to confine; to take into custody to imprison; to confine; to take into custody; imprisonment; confinement; custody
trad. (終身監禁)		終身	監禁
simp. (终身监禁)		终身	监禁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngshēn jiānjìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄣ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ san¹ gaam¹ gam³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngshēn jiānjìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄣ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongshen jianjìn
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-shên¹ chien¹-chin⁴
    • Yale: jūng-shēn jyān-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshen jianjinn
    • Palladius: чжуншэнь цзяньцзинь (čžunšɛnʹ czjanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ san¹ gaam¹ gam³
    • Yale: jūng sān gāam gam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ san¹ gaam¹ gam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sen¹ gam¹ gem³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ kaːm⁵⁵ kɐm³³/

Noun

終身監禁

1. (chiefly Mainland China, Hong Kong, law) life sentence; life imprisonment
   • Section 2, Offences against the Person Ordinance (Cap. 212)

     任何人被裁定犯謀殺罪，即須被終身監禁。但如法庭覺得被裁定犯謀殺罪的人在犯罪時不足18歲，則法庭對該人應判處終身監禁抑或較短刑期的監禁，具有酌情決定權。 [MSC, trad.]
     任何人被裁定犯谋杀罪，即须被终身监禁。但如法庭觉得被裁定犯谋杀罪的人在犯罪时不足18岁，则法庭对该人应判处终身监禁抑或较短刑期的监禁，具有酌情决定权。 [MSC, simp.]

     Rènhé rén bèi cáidìng fàn móushā zuì, jí xū bèi zhōngshēnjiānjìn. Dàn rú fǎtíng juéde bèi cáidìng fàn móushā zuì de rén zài fànzuì shí bùzú 18 suì, zé fǎtíng duì gāi rén yìng pànchù zhōngshēnjiānjìn yì huò jiào duǎn xíngqī de jiānjìn, jùyǒu zhuóqíng juédìng quán. [Pinyin]

     Any person who is convicted of murder shall be imprisoned for life. However, if it appears to the court that a person convicted of murder was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence, the court has a discretion as to whether the person should be sentenced to imprisonment for life or to imprisonment for a shorter term.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “(Please provide the song title)”, a parody song based on the melody of Oh My Darling, Clementine:

     聖誕老人 終身監禁 騎住鹿仔去殺人 [Cantonese, trad.]
     圣诞老人 终身监禁 骑住鹿仔去杀人 [Cantonese, simp.]

     sing³ daan³ lou⁵ jan⁴ zung¹ san¹ gaam¹ gam³ ke⁴ zyu⁶ luk^6-2 zai² heoi³ saat³ jan⁴ [Jyutping]

     Santa Claus is subject to life sentence. He rides reindeers to commit murder.

Usage notes

Both terms are used on China's mainland; however, 終身監禁 / 终身监禁 is a relatively new penal measure introduced by Amendment IX to the Criminal Law, effective since 1 November 2015, primarily applicable to particularly serious offenses, such as corruption, embezzlement, and bribery. This means that the offender must spend the rest of their life in prison, with no possibility at all to be commuted or paroled.

Synonyms

• 無期徒刑／无期徒刑 (wúqī túxíng)

Antonyms

• 有期徒刑 (yǒuqī túxíng)