监
狱

Prison in Chinese: 监狱 (jiān yù)

jiān yù

prison

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 監獄1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1prison

Stroke order

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监
狱

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄢ

jiān

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄩˋ

yù

ㄩ/ üˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

监狱

Simplified

監獄

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他因为犯罪被关进了监狱。

    tā yīn wèi fàn zuì bèi guān jìn le jiān yù。

    He was locked up in prison for committing a crime.

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Related words

监测

jiān cè

to monitor

监督

jiān dū

to control

总监

zǒng jiān

head

地狱

dì yù

hell

监察

jiān chá

to supervise

监管

jiān guǎn

to oversee

监护

jiān hù

to act as a guardian

监控

jiān kòng

to monitor

监视

jiān shì

to monitor

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