監獄

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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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. [Pinyin]

   He visited his dad in prison.

Synonyms

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• 囹圄 (língyǔ) (literary)
• 大牢 (dàláo) (archaic)
• 清室 (qīngshì) (archaic)
• 牢 (láo)
• 牢房 (láofáng)
• 牢獄／牢狱 (láoyù)
• 班房 (bānfáng) (colloquial)
• 監房／监房 (jiānfáng)
• 監牢／监牢 (jiānláo)
• 鐵屋／铁屋 (tiěwū) (literary, figurative)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (監獄):

• → Japanese: 監獄(かんごく) (kangoku)
• → Korean: 감옥(監獄) (gamok)
• → Vietnamese: giam ngục (監獄)

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Japanese

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

Noun

監(かん)獄(ごく) • (kangoku) 

1. prison

Synonyms

• 牢(ろう)屋(や) (rōya), 牢(ろう) (rō)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
監	獄

Noun

監獄 • (gamok) (hangeul 감옥)

1. Hanja form^? of 감옥 (“jail”).

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Okinawan

Etymology

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as かんぐく.

Noun

監獄 (hiragana かんぐく, romaji kanguku)

1. prison

   Synonyms: 牢 (るー, rū), 牢屋 (るーや, rūya)