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狱

yù

HSK 6 Character Traditional 獄

What 狱 means

1. prison

Example sentences

• 他人即地狱。
  Tārén jí dìyù.
  Others are hell.
• 地狱什幺样？
  What is hell like?
• 我进过监狱。
  I've been in prison.
• 你在监狱做什么
  Nǐ zài jiānyù zuò shénme
  What were you in prison for?
• 欢迎来到地狱。
  Welcome to hell!
• 你去过监狱吗？
  Have you ever been in jail?

Words starting with 狱

• 狱警yù jǐngprison officer
• 狱卒yù zújailer (old)
• 狱吏yù lìprison guard; jailer (old)

Words containing 狱

• 监狱jiān yùprison
• 地狱dì yùhell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka; (colloquial) (of humor, jokes, content etc)…
• 入狱rù yùto go to jail; to be sent to prison
• 出狱chū yùto be released from prison
• 牢狱láo yùprison
• 越狱yuè yùto break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
• 炼狱liàn yùpurgatory
• 文字狱wén zì yùliterary inquisition; official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
• 人间地狱rén jiān dì yùhell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive…
• 下狱xià yùto imprison
• 大狱dà yùjail; prison
• 断狱duàn yùto pass judgment on a legal case
• 疑狱yí yùa hard legal case to judge
• 逃狱táo yùto escape (from prison); to jump bail
• 典狱长diǎn yù zhǎngwarden
• 越狱犯yuè yù fànescaped prisoner
• 地狱笑话dì yù xiào huà(colloquial) transgressive humor that treats tragedy, suffering, or other morally…
• 释放出狱shì fàng chū yùto release from jail
• 牢狱之灾láo yù zhī zāiimprisonment
• 身陷牢狱shēn xiàn láo yùto go to prison; to be imprisoned
• 劫狱jié yùto break into jail; to forcibly release prisoners
• 浮动地狱fú dòng dì yùfloating hell; slave ships
• 阿鼻地狱Ā bí Dì yù(Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
• 秦城监狱Qín chéng Jiān yùQincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing…

Characters built on 犬

These share the phonetic component 犬 (quǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 突tūto dash; to move forward quickly; to bulge
• 哭kūto cry; to weep
• 伏fúto lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)
• 倏shūsudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù

Characters that look like 狱

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 框kuàngframe (e.g. door frame); casing; fig. framework
• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 拯zhěngto raise; to aid; to support
• 枢shū(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
• 狸lí(bound form) used in the names of small mammals
• 拮jiéantagonistic; laboring hard; pressed

Sounds the same

Read yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 育to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 遇(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 预to advance; in advance; beforehand
• 域field; region; area
• 寓(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 欲desire; appetite; passion
• 玉jade
• 豫happy; carefree; at one's ease
• 浴bath; to bathe
• 吁to implore
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation
• 熨reconciled; smooth