粵

減gaam2刑jing4

simp减刑
gaam2 jing4jiǎn xíng

English

  1. to reduce penalty
  2. to commute a sentence; to reduce a penalty
  3. shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 將刑罰減輕

Examples

  • 法官考慮被告嘅精神狀況之後,決定減刑,由三年改為一年。

    The judge commuted the sentence from 3 year to 1 year, considering the defendant mental status.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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