监 jiānjiàn HSK6 watch carefully Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: prison All meanings 2 jiān 2 prison 1supervise 1 1 sentence for 监 (jiān — prison) 他因走私被判了刑,已经在牢里坐了整整三年监。 tā yīn zǒusī bèi pàn le xíng, yǐjīng zài láo lǐ zuò le zhěngzhěng sān nián jiān. He was sentenced for smuggling and has already served a full three years in prison. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary