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› 監
監
gaam3
Mandarin: jian1
Simplified: 监
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Definitions
1
Imperial offices or academies
2
a eunuch
3
forcibly with coercion
4
# adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
監
gaam3
[[a prison]] | gâam 監 — to force. | gâam dân 監囚 — a prisoner, a con
Words containing 監
銀行監管當局
ngan4
hong4
gaam1
gun2
dong1
guk6
banking supervisory authority
監粗嚟
gaam1
cou1
lai2
act with rash and force (spoken)
扽監
dan3
gaam1
in jail; to spend time in prison
遠距離監視
jyun5
keoi5
lei4
gaam1
si6
off-site monitoring
證監會
zing3
gaam1
wui6*2
Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
坐波監
co5
bo1
gaam1
when a player is penalized, having to sit out on a yellow card and cannot play i
坐移民監
co5
ji4
man4
gaam1
lit. serving a immigration jail sentence, meaning one has to stay in a country f
監生
gaam1
sang1
alive
監人飲酒
gaam1
jan4
jam2
zau2
force someone to drink (alcoholic beverages)
總監製
zung3
gaam1
zai3
executive producer
監倉
gaam1
cong1
a prison cell
監頭
gaam1
tau4
head of prison officer (spoken)
大監地
daai6
daat3
dei2
[[prison exercise yard]] a prison exercise yard (gwyl 3, 13); the public gamblin
大監房
daai6
gaam1
fong6
[[big prison cell]] to be convicted (prison jargon, OS).
移民監
ji4
man4
gaam1
to be restricted to remain overseas in a country for a minimum period in order t
監護病房
gaam1
wu6
beng6
fong2
Intensive Care Unit
腳閻王一腳監房
jat3
goek3
jim6
wong6
jat3
goek3
gaam3
fong6
[[one foot with the King of Hell, one foot in jail]] to risk death and prison, t
踎監
mau1
gaam1
to be jailed (spoken)
中國證監會
zung1
gwok3
zing3
gaam1
wui6*2
China Securities Regulatory Commission
民主監督
man4
zyu2
gaam1
duk1
democratic supervision
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