監獄

See also: 监狱

Chinese
 
supervisor; hard; strong; solid; firm; to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
 prison
trad. (監獄) 監 獄
simp. (监狱) 监 狱

Pronunciation

Noun

監獄

  1. prison; jail (Classifier: 座)
    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
Synonyms of 監獄

Derived terms

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

Pronunciation

Noun

監獄 (hiragana かんごく, rōmaji kangoku)

  1. prison

Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
監獄

Noun

監獄 • (gamok) (hangeul 감옥)

  1. Hanja form? of 감옥 (“jail”).

Okinawan

Etymology

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as かんぐく.[1]

Noun

監獄 (hiragana かんぐく, romaji kanguku)

  1. prison
    Synonyms: 牢 (るー, rū), 牢屋 (るーや, rūya)

References
  1. 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/28
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