Definition
收监 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to take into custody' or 'to imprison', used in formal/legal contexts. The verb 收 and the object 监 can split when aspect markers (了, 过) or duration phrases are inserted between them — e.g. 收了监 'taken into custody', 收过监 'has been imprisoned before'. You cannot put the criminal directly after 收监 without a preposition; use 把/将 + person + 收监 or passive 被…收监.
v.o.
to imprisonto take into custody (of a criminal)
Examples
- 收监。Jǐngchá zhōngyú bǎ tā shōu jiān le.The police finally took him into custody.
- 收监。Zhège zuìfàn bèi fǎyuàn shōu jiān wǔ nián.This criminal was sentenced to five years in prison by the court.
- 。Tā yīnwèi tānwū bèi shōu le jiān.He was taken into custody for corruption.
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