监禁 jiānjìn to imprison; imprisonment Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents jiānjìn to imprison; imprisonment 监 監 jiān to imprison to take into custody or keep someone behind bars禁 jìn verbnoun to imprison to imprison; to detain; to keep in custodyjiānjìn to monitor and prohibit 监 監 jiān nounverb to supervise to supervise, inspect, or keep a close watch on; to be in charge of禁 jìn verb to prohibit to prohibit; to forbid; to ban