監視

See also: 监视

Chinese

		supervisor; hard; strong supervisor; hard; strong; solid; firm; to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison	to look at; to regard; to inspect
trad. (監視)		監	視
simp. (监视)		监	视

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam¹ si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kam-sṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kàm-sī / kam-sī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gam¹ si⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹ke-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: jyān-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianshyh
    • Palladius: цзяньши (czjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaam¹ si⁶
    • Yale: gāam sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm⁵⁵ siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kam-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kam⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàm-sī
    • Tâi-lô: kàm-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karmsi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam²¹⁻⁴¹ si³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam¹¹⁻⁵³ si³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kam²¹⁻⁵³ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-sī
    • Tâi-lô: kam-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kamsi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² si²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gam¹ si⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kam sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam³³⁻²³ si³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ke-zy
    • MiniDict: ke^平 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ke-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ke⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/

Verb

監視

1. to monitor; to run surveillance; to keep tabs on; to scrutinise

   我一輩子都被媽媽監視。 [MSC, trad.]
   我一辈子都被妈妈监视。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yībèizi dōu bèi māma jiānshì. [Pinyin]

   Mum has kept tabs on me all my life.

   監視單／监视单 [Hokkien]  ―  kàm-sī-toaⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  watchlist

Synonyms

• 監察／监察 (jiānchá)
• 監控／监控 (jiānkòng)
• 監測／监测 (jiāncè)
• 監督／监督 (jiāndū)
• 監管／监管 (jiānguǎn)
• 看守 (kānshǒu)
• 看管 (kānguǎn)
• 管制 (guǎnzhì)
• 董督 (dǒngdū) (literary)
• 觀顧／观顾 (Hokkien)
• 警察 (jǐngchá) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 監視器／监视器 (jiānshìqì)
• 監視居住／监视居住

 

Further reading

• “Entry #50946”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
監	視
かん Grade: S	し Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
監視 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

監(かん)視(し) • (kanshi) 

1. surveillance

Verb

監(かん)視(し)する • (kanshi suru) transitive suru (stem 監(かん)視(し)し (kanshi shi), past 監(かん)視(し)した (kanshi shita))

1. to observe, to monitor, to supervise

Conjugation

Conjugation of "監視する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	監視し	かんしし	kanshi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	監視し	かんしし	kanshi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	監視する	かんしする	kanshi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	監視する	かんしする	kanshi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	監視すれ	かんしすれ	kanshi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	監視せよ¹ 監視しろ²	かんしせよ¹ かんししろ²	kanshi seyo¹ kanshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	監視される	かんしされる	kanshi sareru
Causative	監視させる 監視さす	かんしさせる かんしさす	kanshi saseru kanshi sasu
Potential	監視できる	かんしできる	kanshi dekiru
Volitional	監視しよう	かんししよう	kanshi shiyō
Negative	監視しない	かんししない	kanshi shinai
Negative continuative	監視せず	かんしせず	kanshi sezu
Formal	監視します	かんしします	kanshi shimasu
Perfective	監視した	かんしした	kanshi shita
Conjunctive	監視して	かんしして	kanshi shite
Hypothetical conditional	監視すれば	かんしすれば	kanshi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
監	視

Noun

監視 • (gamsi) (hangeul 감시)

1. Hanja form^? of 감시 (“surveillance”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
監	視

Noun

監視

1. chữ Hán form of giám thị (“exam invigilator; exam supervisor”).