Chinese Notes

监 (監) jiān

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)
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)
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)
jiān verb to command; to lead
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 统领 (Guoyu '監' jiān v 2)
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)
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)
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)
jiàn noun a mirror
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '監' jiàn 1a, p. 195)
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)
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)
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)
jiàn proper noun Jian
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (XHZD '监' jiàn 2, p. 333)
jiàn verb to revise
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '監', p. 115)

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监考(監考) to proctor an exam
监事(監事) inspector
监控(監控) to monitor
收监(收監) to imprison
监学(監學) school supervisor
宪法监护委员会(憲法監護委員會) Guardian Council, body of 12 appointed clerics which governs Iran
监禁(監禁) to imprison; to jail; to take into custody ; to prohibit
监察人(監察人) supervisor; inspector
互相监督(互相監督) mutual supervision
理监事(理監事) member of a board of directors
走监犯(走監犯) prison escapee
监视(監視) to monitor; to oversee ; to spy on
远距离监视(遠距離監視) off-site monitoring
监理(監理) inspection
监狱法(監獄法) prison law
监造(監造) workshop supervision
海监船(海監船) naval surveillance vessel; maritime patrol boat
监测(監測) to monitor
秦城监狱(秦城監獄) Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption
监狱(監獄) prison
总监(總監) commissioner; inspector-general
入监(入監) to be imprisoned ; to be admitted to the Imperial Academy
监视孔(監視孔) peephole
监视器(監視器) security camera; surveillance monitor
监护权(監護權) custody (of a child)
监护人(監護人) guardian
监察院(監察院) Control Yuan
监牢(監牢) prison; jail
重症监护(重症監護) intensive care
监管(監管) to oversee
监察(監察) to supervise; to control; to inspect ; superviser
运营总监(運營總監) chief operating officer (COO)
监督(監督) to control; to supervise; to inspect ; supervisor; inspector
天监在下(天監在下) Heaven looked down from above
监视居住(監視居住) residential surveillance, a form of noncustodial house arrest
监军(監軍) a military overseer ; to supervise troops

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卷四十八　　　　志第三十八　　百官三 Volume 48 Treatises 43: Official Posts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 196
卷五十六　志第三十七:　百官二殿前都點檢司宣徽院秘書監國子監太府監少府監軍器監都水監諫院大理寺弘文院登聞鼓院登聞檢院記注院集賢院益政院武衛軍都指揮使司衛尉司戶禮兵刑工部所轄諸司三路檢察及外路倉庫牧圉等職 Volume 56 Treatises 37: Official Posts 2 - Palace Inspector General, Court of Palace Attendants, Director of the Palace Library, Imperial Academy, Imperial Treasury, Directorate for Imperial Manufacturers, Directorate for Arms, Waterway Inspector, Remonstrance Bureau, Court of Judicial Review, Academy for the Advancement of Literature, Admonishment Drum Court, Admonishment Inspection Court, Notes and Annotation Court, Academy of Scholarly Worthies, Benefits Administration Court, Command of the Military Guard for the Capital, Office for Commandant of Guards, Offices for the Punishment of Ceremonial Guards, Offices for Three Circuits Inspection and Outer Storehouses for Horses History of Jin 金史 — count: 184
卷七十四志第五十職官三 Volume 74 Treatises 50: Official Posts 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 167
卷一百九十八志第一百五十一兵十二 Volume 198 Treatises 151: Military 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 148
卷四十四志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 125
卷28　志第23 百官下 Volume 28 Treatises 23: Government Offices 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 117
卷一百八十志第一百三十三食貨下二 Volume 180 Treatises 133: Finance and Economics 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 102
卷四十二志第二十二: 職官一 Volume 42 Treatises 22: Government Service 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 83
卷一百七十二志第一百二十五職官十二 Volume 172 Treatises 125: Offical Posts 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 82
卷一百六十五志第一百十八職官五 Volume 165 Treatises 118: Offical Posts 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 75

Collocations

景监 (景監) 因景監求見孝公 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦本紀》 Annals of Qin — count: 9
监止 (監止) 宋之富賈有監止子者 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說林下第二十三 Chapter 23: Collections of Persuasions II — count: 8
使监 (使監) 使監馬尹大心逆吳公子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
四监 (四監) 命四監大合百縣之秩芻 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 4
家监 (家監) 無錢用以事將軍家監 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《田叔列傳》 Biography of Tian Shu — count: 4
三监 (三監) 天子使其大夫為三監 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 3
监殷 (監殷) 降監殷民 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書微子 Shang Shu - Count of Wei — count: 3
监曰 (監曰) 罷而孝公怒景監曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《商君列傳》 Biography of Lord Shang — count: 3
周监 (周監) 周監於二代 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 3. 《八佾》 Ba Yi — count: 2
监观 (監觀) 監觀四方 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧皇矣 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Huang Yi — count: 2