监狱
jiān yù
Pinyin

Definition

监狱
 - 
jiān yù
  1. prison

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

地狱
dì yù
  1. 1 hell
  2. 2 infernal
  3. 3 underworld
太监
tài jiàn
  1. 1 court eunuch
  2. 2 palace eunuch
监控
jiān kòng
  1. 1 to monitor
监狱
jiān yù
  1. 1 prison
监督
jiān dū
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 to supervise
  3. 3 to inspect
监管
jiān guǎn
  1. 1 to oversee
  2. 2 to take charge of
  3. 3 to supervise
  4. 4 to administer
  5. 5 supervisory
  6. 6 supervision
监考
jiān kǎo
  1. 1 to proctor (an exam)
  2. 2 to invigilate
越狱
yuè yù
  1. 1 to break out of prison
  2. 2 to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
入狱
rù yù
  1. 1 to go to jail
  2. 2 to be sent to prison
出狱
chū yù
  1. 1 to be released from prison
炼狱
liàn yù
  1. 1 purgatory
牢狱
láo yù
  1. 1 prison
狱
yù
  1. 1 prison
监察
jiān chá
  1. 1 to supervise
  2. 2 to control
监测
jiān cè
  1. 1 to monitor
监禁
jiān jìn
  1. 1 to imprison
  2. 2 to jail
  3. 3 to take into custody
监制
jiān zhì
  1. 1 to supervise the manufacture of
  2. 2 to supervise the shooting of films
  3. 3 executive producer (film)
监视
jiān shì
  1. 1 to monitor
  2. 2 to keep a close watch over
  3. 3 surveillance
监护
jiān hù
  1. 1 to act as a guardian
总监
zǒng jiān
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 director (of an organizational unit)
  3. 3 (police) commissioner
  4. 4 inspector-general
  5. 5 rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration

Idioms (3)

人间地狱
rén jiān dì yù
  1. 1 hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
  2. 2 fig. having an uncomfortable time
皇帝不急太监急
huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí
  1. 1 lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
锒铛入狱
láng dāng rù yù
  1. 1 lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be put behind bars
  3. 3 to get jailed

Sample Sentences

能看到恶魔岛吗？那儿以前真的是监狱啊？
néng kàndào èmódǎo ma ？nàr5 yǐqián zhēnde shì jiānyù ā ？
Can you see Alcatraz? Was that really a prison in the past?
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不过窃听他人隐私是犯法的吧。我可不想为了这个蹲监狱。
búguò qiètīng tārén yǐnsī shì fànfǎ de ba 。wǒ kě bù xiǎng wèile zhège dūn jiānyù 。
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