监 jiān to supervise

源How it came to be

An eye bent over a basin of water, the oldest mirror there was. Looking down into something and watching closely what it shows.

用用法

• To supervise/monitor, and prison - 监督 (jiāndū) to supervise/oversee, 监视 (jiānshì) to keep under surveillance.
• 监控 (jiānkòng) = to monitor / CCTV; 监测 (jiāncè) = to monitor/measure (data); 监管 (jiānguǎn) = to regulate/oversee.
• Prison sense: 监狱 (jiānyù) prison, 坐监 to be jailed.
• 监护人 (jiānhùrén) = a legal guardian.

字含“监”的汉字

• 篮 basket
• 蓝 blue
• 尴 embarrassed
• 槛 threshold
• 滥 to flood

词含“监”的词语

• 监测jiāncèto monitorHSK 6
• 监督jiāndūto controlHSK 6
• 监察jiāncháto superviseHSK 9
• 监护jiānhùto act as a guardianHSK 9
• 监控jiānkòngto monitorHSK 9
• 监狱jiānyùprisonHSK 9
• 监管jiānguǎnto overseeHSK 9
• 监视jiānshìto monitorHSK 9

句例句

• 这所监狱专门关押政治犯。 Zhè suǒ jiānyù zhuānmén guānyā zhèngzhìfàn.This prison specializes in incarcerating political prisoners.