看守所

Chinese

		to guard; to watch over; to keep watch to guard; to watch over; to keep watch; prison guard; jailer	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)
simp. and trad. (看守所)		看守	所

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kānshǒusuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ ㄕㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon¹ sau² so²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khon-sú-só
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khàn-siú-só͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kānshǒusuǒ [Phonetic: kānshóusuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ ㄕㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kanshǒusuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-shou³-so³
    • Yale: kān-shǒu-swǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanshoousuoo
    • Palladius: каньшоусо (kanʹšouso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kānshǒusuǒr [Phonetic: kānshóusuǒr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ ㄕㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kanshǒusuǒr
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-shou³-so³-ʼrh
    • Yale: kān-shǒu-swǒr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanshoousuool
    • Palladius: каньшоусор (kanʹšousor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon¹ sau² so²
    • Yale: hōn sáu só
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon¹ sau² so²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon¹ seo² so²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ sɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-sú-só
    • Hakka Romanization System: kon su^ˋ so^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ su³ so³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ su³¹ so³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-siú-só͘
    • Tâi-lô: khàn-siú-sóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarnsiwsor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴¹/

Noun

看守所

1. (Mainland China, Taiwan) detention centre; lockup (usually a place to detain criminal suspects denied bail)

Usage notes

Chiefly used in Mainland China and Taiwan, as prisons in Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore hold both sentenced criminals and criminal suspects.

Synonyms

• 拘留所 (jūliúsuǒ)