corporal punishment; physical punishment
Refers to punishment inflicted on the body, such as flogging or caning, as opposed to fines or imprisonment. Used in legal and historical contexts.
prison sentence; penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labour
Specifically denotes a sentence involving physical confinement and often hard labor. More formal and legalistic than 懲役.
Corporal punishment is now prohibited in many countries.
The judge sentenced the defendant to penal servitude.
Compound of 体 (body) and 刑 (punishment). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in legal contexts to refer to physical or custodial penalties.