监 - jiān - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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监 (監)

jiān

Definition

hard
strong
solid
firm
to supervise
to inspect
jail
prison

Other pronunciations

jiàn

supervisor

Character Decomposition

Compounds (7)

blue

basket; goal

overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate

door sill; threshold

banister; balustrade; cage for animal or prisoner; to transport caged prisoner on a cart

尴

gān

embarrassed; awkward ; awkwardly; ill at ease

褴

lán

ragged garments

Related words (50)

监制

jiān zhì

to supervise the manufacture of; to supervise the shooting of films; executive producer (film)

监听

jiān tīng

to monitor; to listen in; to eavesdrop

to have custody of

to supervise; to control

监工

jiān gōng

workplace overseer; foreman

to act as a guardian

a jail; to imprison

to monitor

to supervise; to auditor; to monitor

to monitor

prison; jail

shepherd; Tang dynasty official with responsibility for animal husbandry; pastor (cleric in charge of a Christian parish)

prison; jail

to control; to supervise; to inspect

监票

jiān piào

to scrutinize balloting

监禁

jiān jìn

to imprison; to jail; to take into custody

监管

jiān guǎn

to oversee; to take charge of; to supervise; to administer; supervisory; supervision

监考

jiān kǎo

to proctor (an exam); to invigilate

监视

jiān shì

to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance

prisoner (Cantonese)

gatekeeper

supervisor; monitor; watchdog

监察局

jiān chá jú

inspection office; supervisory office

guardian

custody (of a child)

supervisor; monitor

inspection and control bureau

superintendent

supervisor

supervisor of textiles (official post in Ming dynasty)

监视器

jiān shì qì

security camera; surveillance monitor

peephole

to serve (a sentence) outside prison (law)

to embezzle

regulatory system; supervisory body

监视居住

jiān shì jū zhù

residential surveillance, a form of noncustodial house arrest

总监

zǒng jiān

head; director (of an organizational unit); (police) commissioner; inspector-general; rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration

探监

tàn jiān

to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend)

收监

shōu jiān

to imprison; to take into custody

matron

mutual supervision

safeguards

monitoring

to monitor secretly; to spy on

life sentence

continuous monitoring

intensive care

off-site monitoring

shí pǐn yào pǐn jiān dū jú

state food and drug administration (SDA)

中共中央纪委监察部

zhōng gòng zhōng yāng jì wěi jiān chá bù

party discipline committee

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