HSK 6 · Society

刑事 xíngshì “criminal (law)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 刑事 means

  1. criminal (law)
  2. penal
  3. criminal

How to say 刑事

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale刑xíng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale事shì4th tone, falling

刑事 in a sentence

  1. 这是一起刑事案件。

    Zhè shì yì qǐ xíngshì ànjiàn.

    This is a criminal case.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他是一名刑事律师。

    Tā shì yì míng xíngshì lǜshī.

    He’s a criminal lawyer.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 刑事 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 刑 (xíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
刑xíngpunishment
  • 开to open · kāi
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo
The character 事 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
事shìmatter
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 刑事

刑 6 strokes · 事 8 strokes

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刑事 (xíngshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 刑事 (xíngshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 刑事

Words with 事

事shì · matter没事méishì · it’s nothing事情shìqing · matter同事tóngshì · colleague故事gùshi · story从事cóngshì · to engage in人事rénshì · personnel军事jūnshì · military affairs事实shìshí · fact事物shìwù · thing

More words: Society & Law

嫌疑xiányí · suspicion消防xiāofáng · firefighting协会xiéhuì · association袭击xíjī · to attack行政xíngzhèng · administration凶手xiōngshǒu · murderer习俗xísú · custom选举xuǎnjǔ · to elect

FAQs

刑事 (xíngshì) means “criminal (law)” or “penal”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xíngshì: xíng with a 2nd tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 刑事 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xingshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 刑事 from the suggestions. Typing xingshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
刑事 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.