服刑 (fú xíng) — to serve a prison sentence

Definition

Examples

• 他因盗窃罪正在服刑。
  Tā yīn dào qiè zuì zhèng zài fú xíng.
  He is serving a sentence for theft.
• 这名罪犯已经服了十年刑。
  Zhè míng zuì fàn yǐ jīng fú le shí nián xíng.
  This criminal has already served ten years in prison.
• 法院判决他服刑二十年。
  Fǎ yuàn pàn jué tā fú xíng èr shí nián.
  The court sentenced him to serve twenty years.