監獄

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See also: 监狱

Chinese

supervisor; hard; strong
supervisor; hard; strong; solid; firm; to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
 
 prison
trad. (監獄) 監 獄
simp. (监狱) 监 狱
anagram 獄監／狱监
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Pronunciation

Noun

監獄

  1. prison; jail (Classifier: 座 m c; 間／间 c)
    他去監獄看望他爸爸。 [MSC, trad.]
    他去监狱看望他爸爸。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā qù jiānyù kànwàng tā bàba.
    He visited his dad in prison.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (監獄):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
監 獄
かん
Grade: S 		ごく
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

監(かん)獄(ごく) • (kangoku) 

  1. prison

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
監獄

Noun

監獄 • (gamok) (hangeul 감옥)

  1. hanja form? of 감옥 (“jail”)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
監 獄
Grade: S Grade: S

Etymology

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as かんぐく.[1] Borrowed from Japanese 監獄 (kangoku, “prison”).

Not used in actual Okinawan; see synonyms for the actual used words.

Noun

監獄(かんぐく) (kanguku) 

  1. (hapax, ghost word, obsolete) prison
    Synonyms: 牢 (rū), 牢屋 (rūya)

References

  1. ^ Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896) 沖縄語典 [Documentation of the Language of Okinawa], Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), →DOI, page 28
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