Chinese symbol for “imprison”
监禁
jiān jìn
Traditional: 監禁
to imprison; to jail; to take into custody
The closest CC-CEDICT match for imprison is 监禁 (jiān jìn), defined as: to imprison; to jail; to take into custody.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “imprison”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 囚禁 | qiú jìn | to imprison; captivity |
| 关押 (關押) | guān yā | to imprison; to lock up (in jail) |
| 下狱 (下獄) | xià yù | to imprison |
| 收监 (收監) | shōu jiān | to imprison; to take into custody |
| 幽禁 | yōu jìn | to place under house arrest; to imprison |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 监禁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 监督 (監督) | jiān dū | to supervise; to oversee; to inspect |
| 监狱 (監獄) | jiān yù | prison |
| 监管 (監管) | jiān guǎn | to oversee; to take charge of |
| 监控 (監控) | jiān kòng | to monitor |
| 监视 (監視) | jiān shì | to monitor; to keep a close watch over |
| 监察 (監察) | jiān chá | to supervise; to control |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 不禁 | bù jīn | can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from |
See also: Japanese symbol for “imprison”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.