监 (監) jiān

  1. jiān verb to supervise; to inspect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 督察 (Guoyu '監' jiān v 1; Kroll 2015 '監' jiān 1, p. 195; Mathews 1931 '監', p. 115; Unihan '監'; XHZD '监' jiān 1, p. 327)
  2. jiān verb to lock up; to incarcerate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 拘禁 or 收押 (Guoyu '監' jiān v 4)
  3. jiān noun jail; prison
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 牢狱 (Guoyu '監' jiān n; Mathews 1931 '監', p. 115; XHZD '监' jiān 2, p. 327)
  4. jiān verb to command; to lead
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 统领 (Guoyu '監' jiān v 2)
  5. jiàn noun superviser
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As part of an official title (Guoyu '監' jiàn n 1; Hucker 1985, p. 145; Kroll 2015 '監' jiān 1a, p. 195; XHZD '监' jiàn 1, p. 333)
  6. jiàn noun office of the imperial government
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 国子监 Imperial Academy (Guoyu '監' jiàn n 2; XHZD '监' jiàn 1, p. 333)
  7. jiàn verb to reflect a water basin as a mirror
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '監' jiàn v 1; Kroll 2015 '監' jiàn 1, p. 195)
  8. jiàn noun a mirror
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '監' jiàn 1a, p. 195)
  9. jiàn noun superviser
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As part of an official title (Kroll 2015 '監' jiàn 2, p. 195; XHZD '监' jiàn 1, p. 333)
  10. jiàn noun a palace eunuch
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 太监 (Guoyu '監' jiàn n 3; Kroll 2015 '監' jiàn 3, p. 195)
  11. jiàn noun learning from other people's experience
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 借镜, as a variant of 鉴 (Guoyu '監' jiàn n 4; Kroll 2015 '監' jiàn 1b, p. 195)
  12. jiàn proper noun Jian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (XHZD '监' jiàn 2, p. 333)
  13. jiàn verb to revise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '監', p. 115)
  14. jiān noun guard; pāla
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pāla, Japanese: kan (BCSD '監', p. 868; MW 'pāla'; SH '監', p. 425; Unihan '監')

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 93 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 14
  • Scroll 17 Zhu Jing Yao Ji 諸經要集 — count: 14
  • Scroll 11 Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經 — count: 11
  • Scroll 1 Mūlasarvāstivādanidānamātṛkā (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Nituona Mu De Jia) 根本說一切有部尼陀那目得迦 — count: 10
  • Scroll 4 Ji Shamen Bu Ying Bai Su Deng Shi 集沙門不應拜俗等事 — count: 9 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經 — count: 9
  • Scroll 22 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 9
  • Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 8
  • Scroll 5 Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄 — count: 7
  • Scroll 1 Śrīkaṇṭhasūtra (Fo Shuo Chu Kong Zai Huan Jing) 佛說除恐災患經 — count: 7

Collocations

  • 园监 (園監) 園監對曰 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 1 — count: 30
  • 门监 (門監) 門監啟曰 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 1 — count: 14
  • 厨监 (廚監) 令為厨監 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
  • 监逐 (監逐) 汝等今速監逐 — Suvarṇavarṇāvadāna (Jinse Tongzi Yinyuan Jing) 金色童子因緣經, Scroll 4 — count: 10
  • 四监 (四監) 即立四監 — Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經, Scroll 11 — count: 7
  • 藏监 (藏監) 藏監受詔 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
  • 宫监 (宮監) 淨飯王召一宮監內侍女人 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 7 — count: 4
  • 监曰 (監曰) 長者復問其藏監曰 — Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經, Scroll 5 — count: 4
  • 监白王 (監白王) 門監白王 — Xiuxing Ben Qi Jing 修行本起經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 监见 (監見) 廬監見之 — Laizhaheluo Jing (Raṭṭhapālasutta) 賴吒和羅經, Scroll 1 — count: 4