| 行刑 | xíng xíng | to carry out a (death) sentence / execution |   |
| 极刑 | jí xíng | supreme penalty / execution | |
| 处死 | chǔ sǐ | an execution / to put sb to death | |
| 刑场 | xíng chǎng | execution ground | |
| 死囚 | sǐ qiú | prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row | |
| 临刑 | lín xíng | facing execution | |
| 法场 | fǎ chǎng | execution ground | |
| 五刑 | wǔ xíng | imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3] | |
| 仁心仁术 | rén xīn rén shù | benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius) / charitable in thought and deed | |
| 刀锯斧钺 | dāo jù fǔ yuè | knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom) / facing torture and execution | |
| 就地正法 | jiù dì zhèng fǎ | to execute on the spot (idiom) / summary execution / to carry out the law on the spot | |
| 斧钺汤镬 | fǔ yuè tāng huò | battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom) / facing torture and execution | |
| 档案执行 | dàng àn zhí xíng | file execution / executable file | |
| 偶语弃市 | ǒu yǔ qì shì | chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom) | |
| 出大差 | chū dà chāi | lit. to go on a long trip / fig. to be sent to the execution ground | |
| 刑戮 | xíng lù | (literary) corporal punishment or execution | |
| 审处 | shěn chǔ | to deliberate and decide / to try and punish / trial and execution | |
| 工欲善其事，必先利其器 | gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì | To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job | |
| 引颈就戮 | yǐn jǐng jiù lù | to extend one's neck in preparation for execution (idiom) | |
| 欲善其事，必先利其器 | yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì | To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job | |
| 弃市 | qì shì | public execution (old) | |
| 火刑 | huǒ xíng | execution by fire / burning at the stake | |
| 国家执行 | | national execution | |
| 国家执行模式 | | national execution modality | |
| 国家执行审计科 | | National Execution Audit Section | |
| 政府执行审计科 | | Government Execution Audit Section | |
| 方桉执行摘要 | | digest of programme execution | |
| 政府执行和管理 | | government execution and management | |
| 任意处决 | | arbitrary execution | |
| 方桉执行计划 | | Programme Execution Plan | |
| 假处决 | | mock execution | |
| 法外处决 | | extra-legal execution / extrajudicial execution / extra-legal killing / extrajudicial killing | |
| 国家执行支助股 | | National Execution Support Unit | |
| 关于执行外国仲裁裁决的公约 | | Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards | |
| 国家执行股 | | National Execution Unit | |
| 即决处决 | | summary execution | |
| 有效执行条约的目标和宗旨 | | effective execution of the object and purpose of a treaty | |
| 绑赴市曹 | bǎng fù shì cáo | to bind up and take to the market (idiom) / to take a prisoner to the town center for execution | |
