坐監

See also: 坐监

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	supervisor; hard; strong supervisor; hard; strong; solid; firm; to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
trad. (坐監)		坐	監
simp. (坐监)		坐	监

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): co⁵ gaam¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): to¹ gam¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhô-kâm

(Meixian, Guangdong): co¹ gam¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chē-kaⁿ / chěr-kaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): zo⁶ gam¹ / zo⁶ gang¹

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ze⁶ giam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòjian
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-chien¹
  - Yale: dzwò-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjian
  - Palladius: цзоцзянь (czoczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    坐監／坐监
    座間／座间
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: co⁵ gaam¹
  - Yale: chóh gāam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tso⁵ gaam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: co⁵ gam¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː¹³ kaːm⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: to¹ gam¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰᵘɔ³³ kam³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhô-kâm
  - Hakka Romanization System: co^ˊ gam^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: co¹ gam¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ kam²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: co¹ gam¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo⁴⁴ kam⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chē-kaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsē-kann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zexkvaf
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡se³³⁻¹¹ kã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /t͡se²²⁻²¹ kã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡se³³⁻²¹ kã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chěr-kaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsěr-kann
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sə²² kã³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zo⁶ gam¹ / zo⁶ gang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsŏ kam / tsŏ kang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so³⁵⁻¹¹ kam³³/, /t͡so³⁵⁻¹¹ kaŋ³³/

Note:

zo6 gam1 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
zo6 gang1 - Chenghai.

(Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: ze⁶ giam¹
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sɛ³³ kiam³⁵/

Verb

坐監

(Cantonese, Southern Min) to go to jail; to be imprisoned

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 坐牢 (“to be imprisoned”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		坐牢, 入獄, 下獄, 入監
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蹲監獄
	Taiwan	坐牢
	Langfang	蹲監
	Ulanhot	蹲大獄, 蹲笆籬子
	Tongliao	蹲大獄, 蹲笆籬子
	Chifeng	坐牢, 蹲監獄
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蹲大獄, 蹲笆籬子
	Harbin	蹲監獄, 蹲笆籬子, 坐牢
	Shenyang	坐牢, 坐班房, 蹲笆籬子
	Singapore	坐牢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蹲大獄, 蹲大牢
	Tangshan	蹲監獄, 蹲大獄
	Cangzhou	坐監獄, 坐班房兒, 坐班房
	Baoding	坐監獄, 蹲監獄
	Shijiazhuang	坐監獄
	Jinan	蹲監獄, 蹲班房, 坐監獄
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	坐監
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	坐牢, 坐監
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鑽監, 坐牢, 坐班房兒
	Daming	住監獄
	Wanrong	坐班
	Zhengzhou	坐牢, 坐監
	Xi'an	坐監, 坐牢, 坐監獄, 坐廳子 dated
	Xining	坐牢, 坐班房
	Xuzhou	坐牢, 蹲, 蹲蹲兒, 蹲大圈兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	坐班房子, 蹲班房子, 坐牢, 坐監獄, 坐班房
	Bayanhot	坐牢
	Lanzhou	坐班房子, 坐班房, 坐牢, 蹲監獄, 坐監
	Ürümqi	坐牢, 坐監, 蹲監獄, 蹲班房子, 蹲笆籬子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	坐班房, 進市大監, 坐監, 坐牢房, 坐牢, 上山
	Wuhan	坐牢, 坐班房
	Guiyang	坐牢, 坐班房
	Kunming	坐牢, 坐班房, 關監
	Guilin	坐牢
	Liuzhou	坐班房, 關螞蚱籠, 坐牢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	坐牢
	Yangzhou	坐牢
	Nantong	坐監牢, 坐牢
	Hefei	坐監獄
	Huanggang	坐牢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	坐監, 踎監, 踎格仔, 扽監, 食皇家飯, 食三兩, 坐花廳 dated
	Hong Kong	坐監, 踎監, 入冊, 食皇家飯, 坐花廳 dated
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	坐籠
	Macau	坐監
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	坐監
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	坐監
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	坐監
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	坐監
	Foshan	坐監
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	坐監
	Foshan (Shunde)	坐監
	Foshan (Sanshui)	坐監
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	坐監
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	坐監
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	坐監
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	坐監
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	坐監
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	坐監
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	坐監
	Taishan	坐監
	Kaiping (Chikan)	坐監
	Enping (Niujiang)	坐監
	Heshan (Yayao)	坐監
	Dongguan	坐監
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	坐監
	Shaoguan	坐監
	Yunfu	坐監
	Yangjiang	坐監, 踎監
	Xinyi	踎監
	Lianjiang	坐監
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	食咖喱飯
	Penang (Guangfu)	食咖喱飯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	坐監, 食咖喱飯
Gan	Nanchang	坐牢
	Lichuan	坐牢
	Pingxiang	坐班房
Hakka	Meixian	坐監, 入監, 坐班房
	Yudu	坐班房
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	坐管仔, 坐囹仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	坐監, 坐管仔, 坐囹仔, 㘔确仔飯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	坐管仔, 坐囹仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	坐囹, 落囹, 坐監, 坐鹿櫥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	坐管仔, 坐管, 坐囹仔, 坐囹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	坐枷牢, 坐枷
Huizhou	Jixi	坐監牢
Huizhou	Shexian	坐牢, 坐監牢
Jin	Taiyuan	蹲班房, 坐牢
	Xinzhou	住禁閉, 坐監牢, 坐牢, 坐班房, 住監
	Taibus (Baochang)	坐監獄
	Linhe	坐大獄, 坐牢, 坐監獄, 坐班房子
	Jining	坐牢, 坐班房
	Hohhot	坐牢, 蹲監獄, 坐監, 坐班房
	Baotou	坐牢
	Dongsheng	坐禁閉
	Haibowan	坐牢
	Zhangjiakou	坐牢, 坐監獄, 蹲監獄, 坐住監獄
	Handan	坐監獄, 坐房子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	坐牢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	坐監牢
Eastern Min	Fuqing	坐監牢
Southern Min	Xiamen	坐監, 關監, 入監
	Quanzhou	坐監, 關監, 入監
	Jinjiang	坐監角
	Zhangzhou	坐班, 坐監, 坐館, 關監, 入監, 摔櫳仔子, 相籠仔子, 相籠仔, 食無錢飯
	Kaohsiung	坐獄
	Yilan	坐監
	Changhua (Lukang)	坐監
	Taichung	坐監
	Taichung (Wuqi)	坐監
	Tainan	食館仔飯
	Taitung	坐監
	Hsinchu	坐監
	Penghu (Magong)	予儂關
	Penang (Hokkien)	坐跤跔, 食吉靈仔飯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	坐監, 關監, 釘鏈
	Manila (Hokkien)	坐跤跔
	Longyan	關監
	Chaozhou	坐監
	Shantou	坐監
	Jieyang	坐監
	Singapore (Teochew)	釘鏈
	Leizhou	坐監, 捆監
	Haikou	坐監
	Singapore (Hainanese)	坐監
Puxian Min	Putian	關監獄
Puxian Min	Xianyou	關監獄
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	坐監, 踎監, 踎墩, 坐牢
Wu	Shanghai	坐牢監, 吃官司, 吃蘿蔔乾飯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	坐監牢
	Suzhou	吃官司, 坐監牢
	Danyang	坐監, 坐監牢
	Hangzhou	坐牢監, 吃官司
	Ningbo	坐牢監, 坐監牢
	Wenzhou	坐牢監, 坐班房
	Jinhua	坐牢
Xiang	Loudi	坐牢, 坐班房

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòjiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ gaam³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòjiàn
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-chien⁴
  - Yale: dzwò-jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjiann
  - Palladius: цзоцзянь (czoczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo⁶ gaam³
  - Yale: joh gaam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ gaam³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ gam³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² kaːm³³/

Verb

坐監

to study at the National Imperial Academy

Related terms

國子監／国子监 (Guózǐjiàn)