监

jiān

HSK 63 readings

“To supervise” in Chinese is 监 (jiān).

Other characters with the syllable jian: see all 33 →

Meaning

to supervise
to inspect
jail

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prison
bound formsupervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)

Example

有人在监视。

Someone is watching.

From 监视 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

jiānto supervise / to inspect / jail / prison
jiàn(bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Words containing 监

监测jiāncèto monitorHSK 6 监督jiāndūto supervise; to oversee; to inspectHSK 6 总监zǒngjiānheadHSK 6 监察jiāncháto superviseHSK 7-9 监管jiānguǎnto overseeHSK 7-9 监护jiānhùto act as a guardianHSK 7-9 监控jiānkòngto monitorHSK 7-9 监视jiānshìto monitorHSK 7-9

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