监 (監) jiān

  1. jiān verb to supervise; to inspect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 督察 (Guoyu '監' jiān v 1; Kroll 2015 '監' jiān 1, p. 195; Mathews 1931 '監', p. 115; Unihan '監'; XHZD '监' jiān 1, p. 327)
  2. jiān verb to lock up; to incarcerate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 拘禁 or 收押 (Guoyu '監' jiān v 4)
  3. jiān noun jail; prison
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 牢狱 (Guoyu '監' jiān n; Mathews 1931 '監', p. 115; XHZD '监' jiān 2, p. 327)
  4. jiān verb to command; to lead
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 统领 (Guoyu '監' jiān v 2)
  5. jiàn noun superviser
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As part of an official title (Guoyu '監' jiàn n 1; Hucker 1985, p. 145; Kroll 2015 '監' jiān 1a, p. 195; XHZD '监' jiàn 1, p. 333)
  6. jiàn noun office of the imperial government
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 国子监 Imperial Academy (Guoyu '監' jiàn n 2; XHZD '监' jiàn 1, p. 333)
  7. jiàn verb to reflect a water basin as a mirror
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '監' jiàn v 1; Kroll 2015 '監' jiàn 1, p. 195)
  8. jiàn noun a mirror
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '監' jiàn 1a, p. 195)
  9. jiàn noun superviser
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As part of an official title (Kroll 2015 '監' jiàn 2, p. 195; XHZD '监' jiàn 1, p. 333)
  10. jiàn noun a palace eunuch
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 太监 (Guoyu '監' jiàn n 3; Kroll 2015 '監' jiàn 3, p. 195)
  11. jiàn noun learning from other people's experience
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 借镜, as a variant of 鉴 (Guoyu '監' jiàn n 4; Kroll 2015 '監' jiàn 1b, p. 195)
  12. jiàn proper noun Jian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (XHZD '监' jiàn 2, p. 333)
  13. jiàn verb to revise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '監', p. 115)

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军器监 、 监御史 、 监修国史 、 斩监候 、 银监会 、 食品药品监督局 、 都水监 、 国家技术监督局 、 监察御史 、 监候 、 秘书少监 、 中国证券监督管理委员会 、 监狱司 、 国家监察委员会 、 少府监 、 保监会 、 中国银行业监督管理委员会 、 监利 、 监察部 、 三宝太监

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