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狱 yù

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狱 yù Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yù | yu4
English translation
prison
prison, jail; case; lawsuit

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About 狱 yù

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

獄 yù

Contains the radical

犭 quǎn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A guard dog 犭 quǎn talking 讠 yán  to a prisoner 犬 quǎn

Etymology of 狱 yù

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰犭 quǎn ⿰讠犬

Explanation

Simplified form of 獄 yù . Depicts being between two barking (言 yán ) guard dogs (犬 quǎn ).

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Example sentences using 狱 yù

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你 nǐ 蹲过监狱 jiānyù 的 de 纪录 jìlù 或许 huòxǔ 会 huì 被 bèi 提 tí 出 chū 来 lái ,成为 chéngwéi 不 bù 利于 lì yú 你的因素 yīnsù .

Your prison record may be brought up against you.

如果 rúguǒ 他 tā 继续 jìxù 这样 zhè yàng 下去 xià qù , 势必 shìbì 有 yǒu 一 yī 天 tiān 要 yāo 蹲 dūn 监狱 jiānyù .

If he goes on like this, he will be imprisoned some day.

监狱 jiānyù 里 lǐ 又 yòu 冷 Lěng 又 yòu 湿 shī .

The prison was cold and dank.

法官 fǎ guān 命令 mìnglìng 将 jiāng 这 zhè 囚犯 qiú fàn 转 zhuǎn 押 yā 县 xiàn 监狱 jiānyù .

The judge ordered the prisoner ( to be ) transferred to the county jail.

在 zài 监狱 jiānyù 中 Zhōng , 犯人 fàn rén 到 dào 了 le 春夏就 jiù 被 bèi 关 Guān 得 dé 快 kuài 发疯 fā fēng 了 le .

In jail, the prisoners get stir - crazy during the spring and summer.

Words with 狱 yù

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
监狱 jiānyù prison監獄
地狱 dì yù hell地獄
狱 yù prison獄 yù
越狱 yuè yù to break out of prison越獄
入狱 rù yù to go to jail入獄
出狱 chū yù to be released from prison出獄
炼狱 liàn yù purgatory煉獄
牢狱 láo yù prison牢獄
人间地狱 rén jiān dì yù fig. having an uncomfortable time人間地獄
狱卒 yù zú jailer (old)獄卒
锒铛入狱 láng dāng rù yù to get jailed鋃鐺入獄
牢狱之灾 láo yù zhī zāi imprisonment牢獄之災
下狱 xià yù to imprison下獄
劫狱 jié yù to break into jail劫獄
冤狱 yuān yù frame-up冤獄
文字狱 wén zì yù literary inquisition文字獄
狱吏 yù lì prison guard獄吏
典狱长 diǎn yù zhǎng warden典獄長
秦城监狱 Qín chéng Jiān yù Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption秦城監獄
断狱 duàn yù to pass judgment on a legal case斷獄
越狱犯 yuè yù fàn escaped prisoner越獄犯
画地为狱 huà dì wéi yù lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom)畫地為獄

狱 yù Decomposition & Compounds

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狱 yù Decomposition

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