移民監

移民監

See also: 移民监

Chinese

		immigrant; migrant; immigration immigrant; migrant; immigration; migration	supervisor; hard; strong supervisor; hard; strong; solid; firm; to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
trad. (移民監)		移民	監
simp. (移民监)		移民	监
Literally: “immigration prison”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yímínjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ man⁴ gaam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yímínjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiminjian
    • IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ min³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ man⁴ gaam¹
    • Yale: yìh màhn gāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ man⁴ gaam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ men⁴ gam¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ mɐn²¹ käːm⁵⁵/

Noun

移民監

1. (neologism, slang, disapproving) the period for which an immigrant must stay in the new country in order to retain permanent residency or to apply for citizenship