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HSK
to monitor
HSK 6
to control / to supervise / to inspect
HSK 6
head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration
HSK 6
to monitor
HSK 7-9
to oversee / to take charge of / to supervise / to administer / supervisory / supervision
HSK 7-9
to supervise / to control
HSK 7-9
to monitor / to keep a close watch over / surveillance
HSK 7-9
prison
HSK 7-9
to act as a guardian
HSK 7-9
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  *监* | 监* | *监
to supervise / to inspect / jail / prison
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(bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)
China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), abbr. for 中國保險監督管理委員會|中国保险监督管理委员会
to imprison / to jail / to take into custody
Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy)
to monitor; to listen in; to eavesdrop
court eunuch / palace eunuch
to proctor (an exam) / to invigilate
prison / jail
to supervise the manufacture of / to supervise the shooting of films / executive producer (film)
workplace overseer / foreman
to supervise / to audit / to monitor
to imprison / to take into custody
to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend)
to embezzle
to scrutinize balloting
to have custody of
a jail / to imprison
school official responsible for supervising the students (old)
gatekeeper
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) (abbr. for 中國證券監督管理委員會|中国证券监督管理委员会)
to monitor / to keep an eye on
(Tw) to tail (sb) (abbr. for 跟蹤監視|跟踪监视)
guardian
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) (abbr. for 中國證券監督管理委員會|中国证券监督管理委员会)
school official responsible for supervising the students (old)
shepherd / Tang dynasty official with responsibility for animal husbandry / pastor (cleric in charge of a Christian parish)
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) (abbr. to 證監會|证监会)
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council
National Supervision Commission of the PRC, anti-corruption agency established in 2018
intensive care
supervisor
supervisor / monitor / watchdog
superintendent
(PRC law) residential surveillance / to order sb to stay at their home, or a designated location, under surveillance
Guardian Council, body of 12 appointed clerics which governs Iran
custody (of a child)
life sentence
prisoner (Cantonese)
China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), abbr. for 中國銀行業監督管理委員會|中国银行业监督管理委员会
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), an entity that oversees state-owned assets at a particular level of government, the most prominent one being the SASAC of the State Council 國務院|国务院
Control Yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
supervisor / monitor
lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom) / fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC)
to monitor secretly / to spy on
State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PRC)
Sanbao Eunuch, official title of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和 / also written 三保太監|三保太监
China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC)
mutual supervision
safeguards
matron
to serve (a sentence) outside prison (law)
Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption
chief operating officer (COO)
intensive care unit (ICU)
Guardian Council of the Constitution of Iran
National Supervision Commission (abbr. for 國家監察委員會|国家监察委员会)
AQSIQ / PRC State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
chancellor (of a university)
naval surveillance vessel; maritime patrol boat
member of a board of directors
inspection office / supervisory office
Ministry of Supervision (MOS)
inspection and control bureau
regulatory system / supervisory body
supervisor of textiles (official post in Ming dynasty)
security camera / surveillance monitor
peephole
continuous monitoring
RMON / remote monitoring
off-site monitoring


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