监狱

Every meaning

In the Library

• 安史之乱的时候，他因为加入了永王的队伍，被关进监狱，差点儿被处死，后来被流放到很远的夜郎，走到半路才遇到大赦。

  李白是谁？ · Who was Li Bai? China’s poet of the moon · HSK 6

• 他被关进监狱一百多天，差点儿丢了命。

  苏东坡：诗人和吃货 · Su Dongpo, poet and cook: the story behind Dongpo pork · HSK 6

Its characters

• 监jiānto supervise; to oversee (as in 监督)
• 狱yùprison; jail

Words with 监

• 监测jiāncèto monitor
• 监督jiāndūto supervise
• 监察jiāncháto supervise
• 监管jiānguǎnsupervision
• 监护jiānhùto look after
• 监控jiānkòngto monitor
• 监视jiānshìto monitor

Words with 狱

• 地狱dìyùhell