Chinese

Noun

監獄

1. prison; jail   (Classifier: 座)

   他去監獄看望他爸爸。 [MSC, trad.]

   他去监狱看望他爸爸。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā qù jiānyù kànwàng tā bàba. [Pinyin]

   He visited his dad in prison.

Synonyms

• 監牢／监牢 (jiānláo)
• 牢獄／牢狱 (láoyù)

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) かんごく [kàńgókú] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋɡ̃o̞kɯᵝ]

Noun

監獄 ‎(hiragana かんごく, romaji kangoku)

1. prison

Synonyms

• 牢屋 (ろうや) ‎(rōya), 牢 (ろう) ‎(rō)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Okinawan

Etymology

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as かんぐく ‎(kanguku).^[1]

Noun

監獄 ‎(hiragana かんぐく, romaji kanguku)

1. prison

Synonyms

• 牢屋 ‎(るーや, rūya), 牢 ‎(るー, rū)

References

1. ↑ 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/28

Korean

Noun

監獄 • ‎(gamok) ‎(hangeul 감옥)

1. Hanja form^? of 감옥, “jail”.