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監
Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[a prison]]
Definitions
  1. 1 [[a prison]]
  2. 2 gâam 監 — to force.
  3. 3 gâam dân 監囚 — a prisoner, a convict, a "jail-bird" (gwdl 118, 5).
  4. 4 gâam fòhng jóng 監房裝 — one tenth of a large cup of drugs, cf. hok 殺 (OS).
  5. 5 gâam táu 監頭 — [prison head] a prison warder in a supervisory position (gywl 27, 23).
Other Readings
監
Imperial offices or academies | # adapted from cc-cedict | a eunuch | forcibly w
Words containing 監
銀行監管當局
banking supervisory authority
監粗嚟
act with rash and force (spoken)
扽監
in jail; to spend time in prison
遠距離監視
off-site monitoring
證監會
Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
坐波監
when a player is penalized, having to sit out on a yellow card and cannot play i
坐移民監
lit. serving a immigration jail sentence, meaning one has to stay in a country f
監生
alive
監人飲酒
force someone to drink (alcoholic beverages)
總監製
executive producer
監倉
a prison cell
監頭
head of prison officer (spoken)
大監地
[[prison exercise yard]] a prison exercise yard (gwyl 3, 13); the public gamblin
大監房
[[big prison cell]] to be convicted (prison jargon, OS).
移民監
to be restricted to remain overseas in a country for a minimum period in order t
監護病房
Intensive Care Unit
腳閻王一腳監房
[[one foot with the King of Hell, one foot in jail]] to risk death and prison, t
踎監
to be jailed (spoken)
中國證監會
China Securities Regulatory Commission
民主監督
democratic supervision
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