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監

简监 · 繁監

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggaam1#

(verb) 1. To force; 2. To compel; (verb) to take into custody; (noun) The supervisor (of school)

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggaam1#

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggaam3#

Imperial offices or academies
a eunuch
forcibly with coercion

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

gaam11 · high level

gaam33 · mid level

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Same syllable, six tones

gaam监gaam1hard 减gaam2鉴gaam3gaam4—gaam5—gaam6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

監监

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

監 jiān CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
監 jiàn CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: jian1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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gaam1 · gaam3

Cantonese word readings for 監. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

to supervise; to oversee
(historical) proctor; supervisor
to control; to take charge; to direct
(historical, of crown prince or senior statesman) to act for the monarch
(historical) dukes or princes under an emperor
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to imprison; to incarcerate
prison; jail
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to command; to lead
(Cantonese) to force (somebody to do something)

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 鑒 /鉴 (jiàn, “mirror”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to reflect; to see; to view
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to use for reference; to draw lessons from
(historical) supervisor; overseer
(historical) imperial office
(historical) eunuch

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