监 (jiān): to supervise, to inspect, jail
监 (jiān) is a Chinese character meaning “to supervise.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 皿 (structural). It ranks #838 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to supervise
- to inspect
- jail
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 监
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 监狱noun | jiān yù | prison |
| 监视verb | jiān shì | to monitor |
| 监控verb | jiān kòng | to monitor |
| 监禁verb | jiān jìn | to imprison |
| 监视器noun | jiān shì qì | security camera |
| 监听verb | jiān tīng | to monitor |
| 监护权noun | jiān hù quán | custody (of a child) |
| 监护verb | jiān hù | to act as a guardian |
| 监护人noun | jiān hù rén | guardian |
| 总监noun | zǒng jiān | head |
| 监管verb | jiān guǎn | to oversee |
| 监察verb | jiān chá | to supervise |
| 监牢noun | jiān láo | prison |
| 探监verb | tàn jiān | to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend) |
| 监制noun | jiān zhì | to supervise the manufacture of |
监 appears in 86 compound words: 51 as the first character, 15 as the last, and 34 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 监 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了监字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le jiān zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "监" in the dictionary.
江川氏 巨人监督候补に浮上?
jiāng chuān shì jù rén jiān dū hòu bǔ fú shàng ?
Mr. Egawa emerged as a candidate for Giants supervision?
会财局:去年违规不算太多 强调监管质素要有底线
huì cái jú : qù nián wéi guī bù suàn tài duō qiáng diào jiān guǎn zhì sù yāo yǒu de xiàn
Bureau of Finance and Finance: There were not too many violations last year, emphasizing that there should be a bottom line for regulatory quality
2男沦为“钱骡” 无力缴罚款遭判监
2 nán 沦 wéi qián 骡 wú lì jiǎo fá kuǎn zāo pàn jiān
2 men became "money mules" and were sentenced to prison for not being able to pay the fine
柯瑞监制、配音发威!《山羊巅峰》逆袭狂卖32亿...
柯 ruì jiān zhì , pèi yīn fā wēi ! shān yáng diān fēng nì xí kuáng mài 3 2 yì . . .
Curry produces and dubbs to show power! "Goat Peak" counterattacked and sold 3.2 billion...
研究表明:监管缺失的商业航天活动正成为大气污染新威胁
yán jiū biǎo míng : jiān guǎn quē shī de shāng yè háng tiān huó dòng zhèng chéng wéi dà qì wū rǎn xīn wēi xié
Research shows that commercial space activities without regulation are becoming a new threat to air pollution
你在监狱里呆了多久？
Nǐ zài jiānyù lǐ dāi le duōjiǔ?
How long were you in jail?
监狱生活比做畜牲还不如。
Jiānyù shēnghuó bǐ zuò chùshēng háibùrú.
Life in prison is worse than the life of an animal.
抢劫银行的后果就是在监狱里蹲十年。
Qiǎngjié yínháng de hòuguǒ jiùshì zài jiānyù lǐ dūn shí nián.
Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.
暴动开始时只有一位监狱长值班。
Bàodòng kāishǐ shí zhǐ yǒu yī wèi jiānyù cháng zhíbān.
There was only one warden on duty when the riot started.
Character Family
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