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监狱

jiān yù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 監獄

监狱 (jiān yù) means "prison". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 监狱 means

1. prison

The characters in 监狱

• 监jiānto supervise; to inspect; jail
• 狱yùprison

Example sentences

• 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?
• 你去过监狱吗？
  Have you ever been in jail?
• 你在监狱做什幺？
  What are you doing on prison grounds?
• 我想让汤姆进监狱。
  I want Tom put in prison.
• 汤姆从没进过监狱。
  Tom has never been in prison.

Words containing 监狱

• 秦城监狱Qín chéng Jiān yùQincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing…

Where 监狱 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiǎn–jiān (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiān yù correctly.
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