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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
牢獄
- prison; jail
Synonyms
- 囹圄 (língyǔ) (literary)
- 大牢 (dàláo) (archaic)
- 清室 (qīngshì) (archaic)
- 牢 (láo)
- 牢房 (láofáng)
- 班房 (bānfáng) (colloquial)
- 監房／监房 (jiānfáng)
- 監牢／监牢 (jiānláo)
- 監獄／监狱 (jiānyù)
- 鐵屋／铁屋 (tiěwū) (literary, figurative)
Dialectal synonyms of
監獄 (“jail; prison”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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監獄, 監牢, 牢獄, 牢房
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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監獄, 班房兒, 泡兒局 dated
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| Taiwan
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監獄
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| Chifeng
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監獄
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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監獄, 笆籬子
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| Harbin
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監獄, 牢, 笆籬子
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| Shenyang
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牢, 班房, 笆籬子
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| Singapore
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監牢
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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監獄
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| Tangshan
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監獄
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| Cangzhou
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監獄, 班房兒
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| Baoding
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監獄
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| Shijiazhuang
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監獄
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| Jinan
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監獄, 監牢獄, 監
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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監牢獄, 監獄
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| Qingdao
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監牢獄
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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監, 牢
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| Zhengzhou
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監獄, 監, 牢
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| Xi'an
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監獄, 監, 牢
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| Xining
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牢, 班房
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| Xuzhou
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監獄, 牢, 大圈兒, 八號兒
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| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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班房子, 獄監
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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監獄, 牢, 班房
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| Lanzhou
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監獄, 班房子, 班房
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| Ürümqi
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監獄, 牢, 笆籬子, 班房子
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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牢, 班房
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| Wuhan
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監獄, 牢, 班房
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| Guiyang
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監獄, 班房
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| Kunming
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監獄, 牢, 班房
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| Guilin
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監獄, 牢
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| Liuzhou
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監獄, 牢
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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牢
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| Yangzhou
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牢監, 牢, 班房
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| Nantong
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監牢, 牢
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| Hefei
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監獄
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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監倉
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| Hong Kong
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監獄, 監倉, 祠堂
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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牢監, 班房
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| Pingxiang
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班房
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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監房
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| Yudu
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班房
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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監獄
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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監獄仔
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| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
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監獄
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| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
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監獄
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| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
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監獄
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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監獄
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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監獄
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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監獄
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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監獄
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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監牢
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| Shexian
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監牢, 牢
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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牢, 班房
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| Xinzhou
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監牢, 監, 牢房, 牢, 班房
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| Linhe
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監獄, 監, 牢, 班房子
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| Jining
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班房
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| Hohhot
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監獄, 監, 牢, 獄, 班房
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| Zhangjiakou
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監獄, 牢
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| Handan
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監獄, 房子
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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班房
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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監牢
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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監獄, 監牢, 班館, 館仔 dated, 櫳仔 dated, 櫳間 dated, 鴿仔空 dated
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| Quanzhou
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監獄, 監牢
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| Zhangzhou
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監獄, 監牢, 班館, 館仔 dated, 櫳仔 dated
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| New Taipei (Tamsui)
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監獄, 監牢
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| Kaohsiung
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監獄
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| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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監獄, 櫳仔內
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| Yilan (Toucheng)
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監獄
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| Tainan
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監獄, 監牢, 櫳仔, 櫳仔間, 內籬仔 GT
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| Tainan (Anping)
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監獄, 櫳仔內
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| Penghu (Xiyu)
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監獄, 櫳仔內
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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跤跔, 跤跔間
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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監牢, 釘鏈間
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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跤跔, 監獄
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| Shantou
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監獄
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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釘鏈間, 監牢
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| Leizhou
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監倉
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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監牢, 牢監
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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監牢
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| Danyang
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監牢
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| Hangzhou
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牢監
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| Ningbo
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牢監, 監牢
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| Wenzhou
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牢監, 班房
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| Jinhua
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監牢
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| Xiang
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Loudi
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班房, 籠子
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| Note
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GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
牢獄 • (rōgoku) ←らうごく (raugoku)?
- prison
References