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

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. [Pinyin]
    He visited his dad in prison.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かんごく [kàńgókú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ŋɡo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

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, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →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]

Noun

監獄(かんぐく) (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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