# 监狱 (jiānyù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 监狱 (jiānyù) means “prison”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: prison
- Pinyin: jiānyù (jian1 yu4)
- Traditional: 監獄
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他在监狱里待了五年。
  Tā zài jiānyù lǐ dàile wǔ nián.
  He spent five years in prison.

## Characters

- 监 (jiān): to supervise; to inspect
- 狱 (yù): prison

https://hanziro.com/word/jian-yu-prison/

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