监禁

監禁

jiānjìn

verb #4,939

Meanings

1 to imprison
2 to jail
3 imprisonment

Characters

supervise; prison

forbid; confine

Examples

他被监禁了十年。

Tā bèi jiānjìn le shínián.

He was imprisoned for ten years.

法官判他终身监禁。

Fǎguān pàn tā zhōngshēn jiānjìn.

The judge sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Stroke Order

监 jiān

禁 jìn