| 监禁 | jiān jìn | to imprison / to jail / to take into custody |   |
| 监牢 | jiān láo | prison / jail | |
| 班房 | bān fáng | jail | |
| 监 |  jiān | to supervise / to inspect / jail / prison | |
| 犴 | àn | jail | |
| 豻 | àn | jail | |
| 大狱 | dà yù | jail / prison | |
| 监押 | jiān yā | a jail / to imprison | |
| 入狱 | rù yù | to go to jail / to be sent to prison | |
| 进宫 | jìn gōng | to enter the emperor's palace / (slang) to go to jail | |
| 牢房 | láo fáng | jail cell / prison cell | |
| 劫狱 | jié yù | to break into jail / to forcibly release prisoners | |
| 锒铛入狱 | láng dāng rù yù | lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom) / fig. to be put behind bars / to get jailed | |
| 二进宫 | èr jìn gōng | name of a famous opera / (slang) to go to jail for a second offense | |
| 邹容 | Zōu Róng | Zou Rong (1885-1905), a martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, died in jail in 1905 | |
| 劫囚 | jié qiú | to break a prisoner out of jail | |
| 释放出狱 | shì fàng chū yù | to release from jail | |
