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giám ngục

Pronunciation Northern /zaːm˧˥ ŋṵʔk˨˩/ Central /ja̰ːm˩˧ ŋṵk˨˨/ Southern /jaːm˧˥ ŋuk˨˩˨/
prison warden
Noun
prison warden
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1 Noun
prison warden Discourse & LogicTheme

An official who is in charge of a prison and its administration.

vi Vị giám ngục đang kiểm tra các phòng giam.

en The prison warden is inspecting the cells.

Parts
giám / ngục / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 監獄 …

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 監獄

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
監獄
Candidates by syllable
giám ngục
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
warden
Use
giám khảo / giám mục / giám đốc / giám sát …
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