Ministry of Education 《Concised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary》

拷 問

Bopomofo

ㄎㄠ^ˇ ㄨㄣ^ˋ

Hanyu Pinyin

kǎo wèn

Interpretation

拷打審問，泛指用刑逼供。例古時候衙門常用各種方式拷問罪犯，逼使其俯首認罪。