粵

監gaam1禁gam3

simp监禁
gaam1 gam3jiān jìn

English

  1. to imprison
  2. to jail
  3. to take into custody
  4. to put in jail; to imprison

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種懲罰嘅方法:將罪犯韞喺監獄,剝奪佢哋嘅自由

Examples

  • 法律規定足球唔可以再踢,任何犯呢個法律嘅人都會被監禁。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 在一些國家,叛國罪的懲罰可以是終身監禁。

    In some countries, the punishment for treason can be life in prison.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 終身監禁

    life imprisonment; life sentence

  • 監禁十年

    to be sentenced to ten years in prison

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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