监牢

監牢

jiānláo

noun #16,117

Meanings

1 prison; jail

Characters

to supervise; prison

prison; pen; firm

Examples

他被关进了监牢。

Tā bèi guānjìn le jiānláo.

He was thrown into prison.

在监牢里度过了十年。

Zài jiānláo lǐ dùguò le shí nián.

He spent ten years in prison.

Tips

usage

监牢 is slightly more literary than 监狱 (jiānyù), the standard modern word for prison. 坐牢 (zuòláo) means 'to serve time; to be in prison.'

Stroke Order

监 jiān

牢 láo