監
jiān
supervise, control, direct
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 皿
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 1
Other readings: jiàn
Simplified form: 监
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 监, the simplified form of 監. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
有人在监视。
Yǒu rén zài jiān shì
Someone is watching.
他在监视着。
Tā zài jiān shì zhe
He is keeping an eye out.
我把自己当成你的监护人。
Wǒ bǎ zì jǐ dàng chéng nǐ de jiān hù rén
I regard myself as your guardian.
你在监狱做什么？
Nǐ zài jiān yù zuò shén me
What are you doing on prison grounds?
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 监
- 监督jiān dū 1–1 to control; to supervise; to inspect
- 监狱jiān yù 1–4 prison
- 监视jiān shì 1–4 to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance
- 总监zǒng jiān 3–1 head; director (of an organizational unit); (police) commissioner; inspector-general; rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration
- 监测jiān cè 1–4 to monitor
- 监控jiān kòng 1–4 to monitor
- 监管jiān guǎn 1–3 to oversee; to take charge of; to supervise; to administer; supervisory; supervision
- 监护jiān hù 1–4 to act as a guardian
- 监察jiān chá 1–2 to supervise; to control