Definition & Meaning

visit a prisoner

Word usage

tàn jiān

探 监

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v.visit a prisoner
- měi tiān wǒ dōu dào yù zhōng tàn jiān ér tàn wàng de shí jiān què yī tiān bǐ yī tiān suō duǎn láo fáng duì tā de guǎn lǐ yě yuè lái yuè yán
  每天我都到狱中探监，而探望的时间却一天比一天缩短，牢房对他的管理也越来越严。
  The daily visits I could make him were shortened now, and he was more strictly kept.
- fù qīn lái tàn jiān shí tā chéng rèn duì zì jǐ shòu dào de cóng qīng pàn jué gǎn dào chà yì
  父亲来探监时，她承认对自己受到的从轻判决感到诧异。
  She confessed her astonishment at her light sentence when her father visited her at the jail.

Word usage

Separable word
"探" and "监" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 他儿子被抓起来以后，他还没去探过监呢。
  He hasn't visited the prisoner since his son was arrested.
- 他的父亲一个月来探一次监。
  His father visits the prisoner once a month.
- 我是代表家里人去探的监。
  I visited the prisoner on behalf of my family.

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