(jiān yù) - prison, jail in Mandarin
jiānyùTraditional: 監獄
Translation
prison, jail
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Word origin
监狱 means 'prison': 监 (jiān, 'to supervise, to oversee', simplified from 監) plus 狱 (yù, 'prison', simplified from 獄, flanked by two 犬 dog elements around 言 speech, an old image of litigation). Together: a guarded place of confinement.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 监 (jiān, to oversee) + 狱 (yù, prison)
Stroke order
监
狱
Examples
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He was put in prison.
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Conditions in the prison are very bad.
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He spent three years in prison.
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The prison is full of inmates.
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He spent five years in prison.
监狱 (jiān yù) means prison, jail. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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