监狱

监狱 jiānyù in a sentence

Jail (prision)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

监狱 (jiānyù) means Jail (prision). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

监狱 里也有学习和劳动。

Jiānyù lǐ yě yǒu xuéxí hé láodòng.

There is study and work in prison too.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 监狱

他因为诈骗被送进了 监狱 。

Tā yīnwèi zhàpiàn bèi sòng jìn le jiānyù.

He was sent to prison for fraud.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 监狱

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How is 监狱 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 监狱 (jiānyù, "Jail (prision)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 监狱 an HSK word?

Yes — 监狱 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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