牢獄

See also: 牢狱

Chinese

		firm; fast	prison
trad. (牢獄)		牢	獄
simp. (牢狱)		牢	狱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láoyù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ juk⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lô-ga̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): lo⁵ ghêg⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láoyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láoyù
  - Wade–Giles: lao²-yü⁴
  - Yale: láu-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lauyuh
  - Palladius: лаоюй (laojuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁴ juk⁶
  - Yale: lòuh yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ jʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-ga̍k
  - Tâi-lô: lô-ga̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loi'gak
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² ɡak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² ɡak̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² ɡak̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ ɡak̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lo⁵ ghêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lô ge̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ɡek̚⁴/

Noun

牢獄

prison; jail

Synonyms

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囹圄 (língyǔ) (literary)
大牢 (dàláo) (archaic)
清室 (qīngshì) (archaic)
牢 (láo)
牢房 (láofáng)
班房 (bānfáng) (colloquial)
監房 / 监房 (jiānfáng)
監牢 / 监牢 (jiānláo)
監獄 / 监狱 (jiānyù)
鐵屋 / 铁屋 (tiěwū) (literary, figurative)

Dialectal synonyms of 監獄 (“jail; prison”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		監獄, 監牢, 牢獄, 牢房
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	監獄, 班房兒, 泡兒局 dated
	Taiwan	監獄
	Chifeng	監獄
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	監獄, 笆籬子
	Harbin	監獄, 牢, 笆籬子
	Shenyang	牢, 班房, 笆籬子
	Singapore	監牢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	監獄
	Tangshan	監獄
	Cangzhou	監獄, 班房兒
	Baoding	監獄
	Shijiazhuang	監獄
	Jinan	監獄, 監牢獄, 監
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	監牢獄, 監獄
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	監牢獄
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	監, 牢
	Zhengzhou	監獄, 監, 牢
	Xi'an	監獄, 監, 牢
	Xining	牢, 班房
	Xuzhou	監獄, 牢, 大圈兒, 八號兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	班房子, 獄監
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	監獄, 牢, 班房
	Lanzhou	監獄, 班房子, 班房
	Ürümqi	監獄, 牢, 笆籬子, 班房子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	牢, 班房
	Wuhan	監獄, 牢, 班房
	Guiyang	監獄, 班房
	Kunming	監獄, 牢, 班房
	Guilin	監獄, 牢
	Liuzhou	監獄, 牢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	牢
	Yangzhou	牢監, 牢, 班房
	Nantong	監牢, 牢
	Hefei	監獄
Cantonese	Guangzhou	監倉
Cantonese	Hong Kong	監獄, 監倉, 祠堂
Gan	Nanchang	牢監, 班房
Gan	Pingxiang	班房
Hakka	Meixian	監房
	Yudu	班房
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	監獄
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	監獄仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	監獄
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	監獄
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	監獄
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	監獄
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	監獄
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	監獄
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	監獄
Huizhou	Jixi	監牢
Huizhou	Shexian	監牢, 牢
Jin	Taiyuan	牢, 班房
	Xinzhou	監牢, 監, 牢房, 牢, 班房
	Linhe	監獄, 監, 牢, 班房子
	Jining	班房
	Hohhot	監獄, 監, 牢, 獄, 班房
	Zhangjiakou	監獄, 牢
	Handan	監獄, 房子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	班房
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	監牢
Southern Min	Xiamen	監獄, 監牢, 班館, 館仔 dated, 櫳仔 dated, 櫳間 dated, 鴿仔空 dated
	Quanzhou	監獄, 監牢
	Zhangzhou	監獄, 監牢, 班館, 館仔 dated, 櫳仔 dated
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	監獄, 監牢
	Kaohsiung	監獄
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	監獄, 櫳仔內
	Yilan (Toucheng)	監獄
	Tainan	監獄, 監牢, 櫳仔, 櫳仔間, 內籬仔 GT
	Tainan (Anping)	監獄, 櫳仔內
	Penghu (Xiyu)	監獄, 櫳仔內
	Penang (Hokkien)	跤跔, 跤跔間
	Singapore (Hokkien)	監牢, 釘鏈間
	Manila (Hokkien)	跤跔, 監獄
	Shantou	監獄
	Singapore (Teochew)	釘鏈間, 監牢
	Leizhou	監倉
Wu	Shanghai	監牢, 牢監
	Shanghai (Chongming)	監牢
	Danyang	監牢
	Hangzhou	牢監
	Ningbo	牢監, 監牢
	Wenzhou	牢監, 班房
	Jinhua	監牢
Xiang	Loudi	班房, 籠子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牢	獄
ろう Hyōgai	ごく Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ろーごく [ròógókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːɡo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

牢(ろう)獄(ごく) • (rōgoku) ^{←らうごく (raugoku)^?}

prison

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲牢獄”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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