I've been in prison.
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监狱
Traditional: 監獄
jiān yù
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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jiān yù · gaam1 juk6 (Jyutping)
- prison
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Character breakdown
监
- Meaning
- supervise, control, direct
- Radical
- 皿
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿱？皿
- Cangjie
- LIBT
- Four-corner
- 2810
狱
- Meaning
- prison, jail; case; lawsuit
- Radical
- 犭
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰犭⿰讠犬
- Cangjie
- KHIVK
- Four-corner
- 4328
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Example sentences
Have you ever been in jail?
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