"牢" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /lɑʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /nau²¹/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lau¹¹/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /l̃o⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /lau²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /lau¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /tiau¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /tiau²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /tiau²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Singapore, Taipei, Xiamen], /lau⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /lo¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /lɤ²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /lo²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen], /lɔ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /lo⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /lɒu̯¹³/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /lɑʊ̯³⁵/, /nau²¹/, /lou̯²¹/, /lau¹¹/, /l̃o⁵³/, /lau²⁴/, /lau¹³/, /tiau¹³/, /tiau²³/, /tiau²⁴/, /lau⁵⁵⁴/, /lo¹³/, /lɤ²³/, /lo²⁴/, /lɔ²⁴/, /lo⁵⁵/, /lɔ²³/, /lɒu̯¹³/ Chinese transliterations: láo [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], lao² [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄌㄠˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], nao² [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], lou⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lau¹ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], lò̤, lâu [Hokkien, POJ], tiâu [Hokkien, POJ], láu [Hokkien, POJ], lô [Hokkien, POJ], lô͘ [Hokkien, POJ], lo⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶lau, lau², láo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄌㄠˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], láo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], láu [Mandarin, Yale], lau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лао [Mandarin, Palladius], lao [Mandarin, Palladius], lao [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], lòuh [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], lau¹ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], lò̤ [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], lâu [Hokkien, Tai-lo], laau [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tiâu [Hokkien, Tai-lo], diaau [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], láu [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lao [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], lô [Hokkien, Tai-lo], looi [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], lôo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], loo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], lô [POJ, Teochew], ⁶lau [Wu], lau^去 [Wu], ³lau [Wu], /lɔ²³/ [Wu], lau² [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang], law [Middle-Chinese], /*ruː/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 宀 (“pen; animal yard”) + 牛 (“cow”) Etymology templates: {{m|zh|會意|tr=-}} 會意/会意, {{categorize|zh|Han ideogrammic compounds}}, {{liushu|ic|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意), {{m|zh|宀//||pen; animal yard|tr=-}} 宀 (“pen; animal yard”), {{m|zh|牛//||cow|tr=-}} 牛 (“cow”), {{Han compound|宀|牛|ls=ic|t1=pen; animal yard|t2=cow}} Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 宀 (“pen; animal yard”) + 牛 (“cow”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 牢
  1. pen; enclosure Synonyms (pen): (juàn)
    Sense id: en-牢-zh-character-62EWy0HC Disambiguation of 'pen': 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. prison; jail Categories (topical): Prison
    Sense id: en-牢-zh-character-8r0~Jsqd Disambiguation of Prison: 2 32 6 3 7 2 28 20
  3. firm; fast; durable Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-牢-zh-character-J9QZAwVv Disambiguation of Zoology: 5 0 15 10 24 4 29 12 Categories (other): Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 2 0 12 16 5 4 28 33
  4. dependable; reliable Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-牢-zh-character-M4urqbxr Disambiguation of Zoology: 5 0 15 10 24 4 29 12 Categories (other): Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 2 0 12 16 5 4 28 33
  5. animal used for sacrificing Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-牢-zh-character-L1wsfizB Disambiguation of Zoology: 5 0 15 10 24 4 29 12
  6. with grievance and toil
    Sense id: en-牢-zh-character-Su3CKL14
  7. (Shanghainese) indicates continuous aspect Categories (topical): Prison, Walls and fences, Zoology Synonyms (indicates continuous aspect): (zhe) [Jin, Mandarin], (zhe) [Jin, Mandarin]
    Sense id: en-牢-zh-character-xbfA8PTr Disambiguation of Prison: 2 32 6 3 7 2 28 20 Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 1 11 9 3 11 3 42 19 Disambiguation of Zoology: 5 0 15 10 24 4 29 12 Categories (other): Shanghainese Wu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 7 4 13 1 47 27 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 2 0 12 16 5 4 28 33 Disambiguation of 'indicates continuous aspect': 1 0 2 2 4 1 83 7
  8. a surname: Lao Categories (topical): Prison, Zoology
    Sense id: en-牢-zh-character-8rCBZ6pZ Disambiguation of Prison: 2 32 6 3 7 2 28 20 Disambiguation of Zoology: 5 0 15 10 24 4 29 12 Categories (other): Chinese surnames, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 2 0 12 16 5 4 28 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 囹圄 (língyǔ) [literary], 大牢 (dàláo) [archaic], 清室 (qīngshì) [archaic], 牢房 (láofáng), 牢獄 (láoyù), 牢狱 (láoyù), 班房 (bānfáng) [colloquial], 監房 (jiānfáng), 监房 (jiānfáng), 監牢 (jiānláo), 监牢 (jiānláo), 監獄 (jiānyù), 监狱 (jiānyù), 鐵屋 (tiěwū) [figuratively, literary], 铁屋 (tiěwū) [figuratively, literary], 堅固 (jiāngù), 坚固 (jiāngù), 堅實 (jiānshí), 坚实 (jiānshí), 堅硬 (jiānyìng), 坚硬 (jiānyìng), 扎實, 扎实, 深厚 (shēnhòu) (english: of foundations) [figuratively], 牢固 (láogù), 牢牢 (láoláo), 牢靠 (láokào), (cí), 穩固 (wěngù), 稳固 (wěngù), 結實, 结实, 緊實 (jǐnshí), 紧实 (jǐnshí), (gǒng) [in-compounds, literary], (gǒng) [in-compounds, literary], 鞏固 (gǒnggù), 巩固 (gǒnggù), 信實 (xìnshí), 信实 (xìnshí), 保險 (bǎoxiǎn), 保险 (bǎoxiǎn), (tíng) [in-compounds, literary], 可恃 (kěshì) [literary], 可靠 (kěkào), 把牢 (bǎláo) (english: chiefly in the negative) [regional], 把穩 (bǎwěn) [regional], 把稳 (bǎwěn) [regional], 穩妥 (wěntuǒ), 稳妥 (wěntuǒ), 穩當, 稳当, 穩陣 (wan2 zan6) [Cantonese], 稳阵 (wan2 zan6) [Cantonese] Derived forms: 不牢 (bùláo), 中牢, 久慣牢成, 久惯牢成, 亡羊補牢 (wángyángbǔláo), 亡羊补牢 (wángyángbǔláo), 劫牢, 南牢, 吃牢, 命不牢, 囚牢 (qiúláo), 地牢 (dìláo), 坐牢 (zuòláo), 堅牢 (jiānláo), 坚牢 (jiānláo), 夜役軍牢, 夜役军牢, 大牢 (dàláo), 大發牢騷, 大发牢骚, 太牢 (tàiláo), 天牢, 套牢 (tàoláo), 女牢, 少牢 (shàoláo), 打鳳牢龍, 打凤牢龙, 抓牢, 把牢 (bǎláo), 押牢, 拖牢洞, 持牢, 搜牢, 提牢, 提牢官, 死囚牢, 滿肚牢騷, 满肚牢骚, 滿腹牢騷, 满腹牢骚, 牛驥共牢, 牛骥共牢, 牢不可拔, 牢不可破 (láobùkěpò), 牢九, 牢固 (láogù), 牢城, 牢子, 牢定, 牢愁, 牢成, 牢成久慣, 牢成久惯, 牢房 (láofáng), 牢拴, 牢牢 (láoláo), 牢獄 (láoyù), 牢狱 (láoyù), 牢獄之災 (láoyùzhīzāi), 牢狱之灾 (láoyùzhīzāi), 牢盆, 牢眼, 牢穩, 牢稳, 牢籠 (láolóng), 牢笼 (láolóng), 牢籠計, 牢笼计, 牢落, 牢角底, 牢記 (láojì), 牢记 (láojì), 牢醴, 牢靠 (láokào), 牢頭 (láotóu), 牢头 (láotóu), 牢頭禁子, 牢头禁子, 牢飯 (láofàn), 牢饭 (láofàn), 牢騷 (láosāo), 牢骚 (láosāo), 牢騷滿腹, 牢骚满腹, 畫地為牢, 画地为牢, 當牢節級, 当牢节级, 發牢騷 (fā láosāo), 发牢骚 (fā láosāo), 皋牢, 監牢 (jiānláo), 监牢 (jiānláo), 蒲牢 (púláo), 虎牢關 (Hǔláo Guān), 虎牢关 (Hǔláo Guān), 軋牢, 轧牢, 軍牢, 军牢, 軍牢快手, 军牢快手, 顧犬補牢, 顾犬补牢, 餼牢, 饩牢

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bùláo",
      "word": "不牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "中牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "久慣牢成"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "久惯牢成"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wángyángbǔláo",
      "word": "亡羊補牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wángyángbǔláo",
      "word": "亡羊补牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "劫牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "南牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "吃牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "命不牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qiúláo",
      "word": "囚牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dìláo",
      "word": "地牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zuòláo",
      "word": "坐牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānláo",
      "word": "堅牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānláo",
      "word": "坚牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "夜役軍牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "夜役军牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dàláo",
      "word": "大牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "大發牢騷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "大发牢骚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tàiláo",
      "word": "太牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "天牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tàoláo",
      "word": "套牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "女牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shàoláo",
      "word": "少牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "打鳳牢龍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "打凤牢龙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "抓牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bǎláo",
      "word": "把牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "押牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "拖牢洞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "持牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "搜牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "提牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "提牢官"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "死囚牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "滿肚牢騷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "满肚牢骚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "滿腹牢騷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "满腹牢骚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牛驥共牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牛骥共牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢不可拔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láobùkěpò",
      "word": "牢不可破"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢九"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láogù",
      "word": "牢固"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢城"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢定"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢愁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢成"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢成久慣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢成久惯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láofáng",
      "word": "牢房"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢拴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láoláo",
      "word": "牢牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láoyù",
      "word": "牢獄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láoyù",
      "word": "牢狱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láoyùzhīzāi",
      "word": "牢獄之災"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láoyùzhīzāi",
      "word": "牢狱之灾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢盆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢眼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢穩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢稳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láolóng",
      "word": "牢籠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láolóng",
      "word": "牢笼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢籠計"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢笼计"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢落"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢角底"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láojì",
      "word": "牢記"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láojì",
      "word": "牢记"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢醴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láokào",
      "word": "牢靠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láotóu",
      "word": "牢頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láotóu",
      "word": "牢头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢頭禁子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢头禁子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láofàn",
      "word": "牢飯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láofàn",
      "word": "牢饭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láosāo",
      "word": "牢騷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láosāo",
      "word": "牢骚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢騷滿腹"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "牢骚满腹"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "畫地為牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "画地为牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "當牢節級"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "当牢节级"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "fā láosāo",
      "word": "發牢騷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "fā láosāo",
      "word": "发牢骚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "皋牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānláo",
      "word": "監牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānláo",
      "word": "监牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "púláo",
      "word": "蒲牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Hǔláo Guān",
      "word": "虎牢關"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Hǔláo Guān",
      "word": "虎牢关"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "軋牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "轧牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "軍牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "军牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "軍牢快手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "军牢快手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "顧犬補牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "顾犬补牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "餼牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "饩牢"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mnc",
            "2": "ᠯᠣᠣ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Manchu: ᠯᠣᠣ (loo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Manchu: ᠯᠣᠣ (loo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tuw-sol",
            "2": "lō",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Solon: lō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Solon: lō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "za",
            "2": "lauz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zhuang: lauz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zhuang: lauz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "rào",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: rào",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: rào"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "會意",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "會意/会意",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han ideogrammic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ic",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "宀//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pen; animal yard",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "宀 (“pen; animal yard”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "牛//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cow",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "牛 (“cow”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "宀",
        "2": "牛",
        "ls": "ic",
        "t1": "pen; animal yard",
        "t2": "cow"
      },
      "expansion": "Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 宀 (“pen; animal yard”) + 牛 (“cow”)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 宀 (“pen; animal yard”) + 牛 (“cow”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "牢",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Repairing a sheep pen only after a sheep is lost is not considered tardy.",
          "ref": "亡羊補牢,猶未遲也。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "亡羊补牢,犹未迟也。 [MSC, simp.]\nWáng yáng bǔ láo, yóu wèi chí yě. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pen; enclosure"
      ],
      "id": "en-牢-zh-character-62EWy0HC",
      "links": [
        [
          "pen",
          "pen"
        ],
        [
          "enclosure",
          "enclosure"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "roman": "juàn",
          "sense": "pen",
          "word": "圈"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 32 6 3 7 2 28 20",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Prison",
          "orig": "zh:Prison",
          "parents": [
            "Buildings",
            "Law enforcement",
            "Buildings and structures",
            "Crime prevention",
            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
            "Architecture",
            "Crime",
            "Public safety",
            "Justice",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Public administration",
            "Security",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Government",
            "Fundamental",
            "Politics"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "prison",
          "roman": "jiānláo",
          "text": "監牢/监牢",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prison; jail"
      ],
      "id": "en-牢-zh-character-8r0~Jsqd",
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "jail",
          "jail"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 0 12 16 5 4 28 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 0 15 10 24 4 29 12",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "zh:Zoology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "firm; durable",
          "roman": "láogù",
          "text": "牢固",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "firm; fast; durable"
      ],
      "id": "en-牢-zh-character-J9QZAwVv",
      "links": [
        [
          "firm",
          "firm"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ],
        [
          "durable",
          "durable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 0 12 16 5 4 28 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 0 15 10 24 4 29 12",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "zh:Zoology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dependable; reliable"
      ],
      "id": "en-牢-zh-character-M4urqbxr",
      "links": [
        [
          "dependable",
          "dependable"
        ],
        [
          "reliable",
          "reliable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 0 15 10 24 4 29 12",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "zh:Zoology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "animal used for sacrificing",
          "roman": "tàiláo",
          "text": "太牢",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "animal used for sacrificing"
      ],
      "id": "en-牢-zh-character-L1wsfizB",
      "links": [
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "sacrificing",
          "sacrificing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to be discontented",
          "roman": "láosāo",
          "text": "牢騷/牢骚",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "with grievance and toil"
      ],
      "id": "en-牢-zh-character-Su3CKL14",
      "links": [
        [
          "grievance",
          "grievance"
        ],
        [
          "toil",
          "toil"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Shanghainese Wu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 0 7 4 13 1 47 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 0 12 16 5 4 28 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 32 6 3 7 2 28 20",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Prison",
          "orig": "zh:Prison",
          "parents": [
            "Buildings",
            "Law enforcement",
            "Buildings and structures",
            "Crime prevention",
            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
            "Architecture",
            "Crime",
            "Public safety",
            "Justice",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Public administration",
            "Security",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Government",
            "Fundamental",
            "Politics"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 11 9 3 11 3 42 19",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Walls and fences",
          "orig": "zh:Walls and fences",
          "parents": [
            "Buildings and structures",
            "Architecture",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 0 15 10 24 4 29 12",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "zh:Zoology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "抱牢勿放 [Shanghainese] ― ⁶bau-lau ⁸veq-faon [Wugniu] ― holding on, not letting go",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "伊吃牢我。 [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]",
          "roman": "He’s staring at me.",
          "text": "⁶yi ⁷chiq-lau ⁶ngu [Wugniu]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indicates continuous aspect"
      ],
      "id": "en-牢-zh-character-xbfA8PTr",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Shanghainese) indicates continuous aspect"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 2 2 4 1 83 7",
          "roman": "zhe",
          "sense": "indicates continuous aspect",
          "tags": [
            "Jin",
            "Mandarin"
          ],
          "word": "著"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 2 2 4 1 83 7",
          "roman": "zhe",
          "sense": "indicates continuous aspect",
          "tags": [
            "Jin",
            "Mandarin"
          ],
          "word": "着"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 0 12 16 5 4 28 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 32 6 3 7 2 28 20",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Prison",
          "orig": "zh:Prison",
          "parents": [
            "Buildings",
            "Law enforcement",
            "Buildings and structures",
            "Crime prevention",
            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
            "Architecture",
            "Crime",
            "Public safety",
            "Justice",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Public administration",
            "Security",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Government",
            "Fundamental",
            "Politics"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 0 15 10 24 4 29 12",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "zh:Zoology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname: Lao"
      ],
      "id": "en-牢-zh-character-8rCBZ6pZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ],
        [
          "Lao",
          "Lao"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "lò̤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lo⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶lau"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "lau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nau²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lòuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lò̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃o⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "looi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lô"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶lau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³lau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/lɔ²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒu̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "law"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ruː/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tiâu /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lô /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nau²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃o⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒu̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ruː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "língyǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "囹圄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dàláo",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "大牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qīngshì",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "清室"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láofáng",
      "word": "牢房"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láoyù",
      "word": "牢獄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láoyù",
      "word": "牢狱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bānfáng",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "班房"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānfáng",
      "word": "監房"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānfáng",
      "word": "监房"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānláo",
      "word": "監牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānláo",
      "word": "监牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānyù",
      "word": "監獄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānyù",
      "word": "监狱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tiěwū",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "鐵屋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tiěwū",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "铁屋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiāngù",
      "word": "堅固"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiāngù",
      "word": "坚固"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānshí",
      "word": "堅實"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānshí",
      "word": "坚实"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānyìng",
      "word": "堅硬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānyìng",
      "word": "坚硬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "扎實"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "扎实"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "of foundations",
      "roman": "shēnhòu",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "深厚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láogù",
      "word": "牢固"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láoláo",
      "word": "牢牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láokào",
      "word": "牢靠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "cí",
      "word": "瓷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wěngù",
      "word": "穩固"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wěngù",
      "word": "稳固"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "結實"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "结实"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jǐnshí",
      "word": "緊實"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jǐnshí",
      "word": "紧实"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǒng",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "鞏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǒng",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "巩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǒnggù",
      "word": "鞏固"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǒnggù",
      "word": "巩固"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xìnshí",
      "word": "信實"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xìnshí",
      "word": "信实"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bǎoxiǎn",
      "word": "保險"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bǎoxiǎn",
      "word": "保险"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tíng",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "停"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kěshì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "可恃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kěkào",
      "word": "可靠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "chiefly in the negative",
      "roman": "bǎláo",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "把牢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bǎwěn",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "把穩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bǎwěn",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "把稳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wěntuǒ",
      "word": "穩妥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wěntuǒ",
      "word": "稳妥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "穩當"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "稳当"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wan2 zan6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "穩陣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wan2 zan6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "稳阵"
    }
  ],
  "word": "牢"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min adjectives",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min proper nouns",
    "Intermediate Mandarin",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:Prison",
    "zh:Walls and fences",
    "zh:Zoology"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bùláo",
      "word": "不牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "中牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "久慣牢成"
    },
    {
      "word": "久惯牢成"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wángyángbǔláo",
      "word": "亡羊補牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wángyángbǔláo",
      "word": "亡羊补牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "劫牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "南牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "吃牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "命不牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiúláo",
      "word": "囚牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dìláo",
      "word": "地牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zuòláo",
      "word": "坐牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānláo",
      "word": "堅牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānláo",
      "word": "坚牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "夜役軍牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "夜役军牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàláo",
      "word": "大牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "大發牢騷"
    },
    {
      "word": "大发牢骚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tàiláo",
      "word": "太牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "天牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tàoláo",
      "word": "套牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "女牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàoláo",
      "word": "少牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "打鳳牢龍"
    },
    {
      "word": "打凤牢龙"
    },
    {
      "word": "抓牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎláo",
      "word": "把牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "押牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "拖牢洞"
    },
    {
      "word": "持牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "搜牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "提牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "提牢官"
    },
    {
      "word": "死囚牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "滿肚牢騷"
    },
    {
      "word": "满肚牢骚"
    },
    {
      "word": "滿腹牢騷"
    },
    {
      "word": "满腹牢骚"
    },
    {
      "word": "牛驥共牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "牛骥共牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢不可拔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láobùkěpò",
      "word": "牢不可破"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢九"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láogù",
      "word": "牢固"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢城"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢子"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢定"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢愁"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢成"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢成久慣"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢成久惯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láofáng",
      "word": "牢房"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢拴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láoláo",
      "word": "牢牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láoyù",
      "word": "牢獄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láoyù",
      "word": "牢狱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láoyùzhīzāi",
      "word": "牢獄之災"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láoyùzhīzāi",
      "word": "牢狱之灾"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢盆"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢眼"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢穩"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢稳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láolóng",
      "word": "牢籠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láolóng",
      "word": "牢笼"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢籠計"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢笼计"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢落"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢角底"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láojì",
      "word": "牢記"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láojì",
      "word": "牢记"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢醴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láokào",
      "word": "牢靠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láotóu",
      "word": "牢頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láotóu",
      "word": "牢头"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢頭禁子"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢头禁子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láofàn",
      "word": "牢飯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láofàn",
      "word": "牢饭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láosāo",
      "word": "牢騷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láosāo",
      "word": "牢骚"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢騷滿腹"
    },
    {
      "word": "牢骚满腹"
    },
    {
      "word": "畫地為牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "画地为牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "當牢節級"
    },
    {
      "word": "当牢节级"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fā láosāo",
      "word": "發牢騷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fā láosāo",
      "word": "发牢骚"
    },
    {
      "word": "皋牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānláo",
      "word": "監牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānláo",
      "word": "监牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "púláo",
      "word": "蒲牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hǔláo Guān",
      "word": "虎牢關"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hǔláo Guān",
      "word": "虎牢关"
    },
    {
      "word": "軋牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "轧牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "軍牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "军牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "軍牢快手"
    },
    {
      "word": "军牢快手"
    },
    {
      "word": "顧犬補牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "顾犬补牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "餼牢"
    },
    {
      "word": "饩牢"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mnc",
            "2": "ᠯᠣᠣ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Manchu: ᠯᠣᠣ (loo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Manchu: ᠯᠣᠣ (loo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tuw-sol",
            "2": "lō",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Solon: lō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Solon: lō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "za",
            "2": "lauz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zhuang: lauz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zhuang: lauz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "rào",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: rào",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: rào"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "會意",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "會意/会意",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han ideogrammic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ic",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "宀//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pen; animal yard",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "宀 (“pen; animal yard”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "牛//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cow",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "牛 (“cow”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "宀",
        "2": "牛",
        "ls": "ic",
        "t1": "pen; animal yard",
        "t2": "cow"
      },
      "expansion": "Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 宀 (“pen; animal yard”) + 牛 (“cow”)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 宀 (“pen; animal yard”) + 牛 (“cow”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "牢",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Repairing a sheep pen only after a sheep is lost is not considered tardy.",
          "ref": "亡羊補牢,猶未遲也。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "亡羊补牢,犹未迟也。 [MSC, simp.]\nWáng yáng bǔ láo, yóu wèi chí yě. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pen; enclosure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pen",
          "pen"
        ],
        [
          "enclosure",
          "enclosure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "prison",
          "roman": "jiānláo",
          "text": "監牢/监牢",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prison; jail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "jail",
          "jail"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "firm; durable",
          "roman": "láogù",
          "text": "牢固",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "firm; fast; durable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firm",
          "firm"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ],
        [
          "durable",
          "durable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dependable; reliable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dependable",
          "dependable"
        ],
        [
          "reliable",
          "reliable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "animal used for sacrificing",
          "roman": "tàiláo",
          "text": "太牢",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "animal used for sacrificing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "sacrificing",
          "sacrificing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to be discontented",
          "roman": "láosāo",
          "text": "牢騷/牢骚",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "with grievance and toil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grievance",
          "grievance"
        ],
        [
          "toil",
          "toil"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Shanghainese Wu",
        "Wu terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "抱牢勿放 [Shanghainese] ― ⁶bau-lau ⁸veq-faon [Wugniu] ― holding on, not letting go",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "伊吃牢我。 [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]",
          "roman": "He’s staring at me.",
          "text": "⁶yi ⁷chiq-lau ⁶ngu [Wugniu]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indicates continuous aspect"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Shanghainese) indicates continuous aspect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname: Lao"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ],
        [
          "Lao",
          "Lao"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "lò̤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lo⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶lau"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "lau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nau²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lòuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lò̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃o⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "looi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lô"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶lau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³lau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/lɔ²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lau²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒu̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "law"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ruː/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tiâu /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lô /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nau²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃o⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒu̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ruː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "juàn",
      "sense": "pen",
      "word": "圈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "língyǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "囹圄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàláo",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "大牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīngshì",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "清室"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láofáng",
      "word": "牢房"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láoyù",
      "word": "牢獄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láoyù",
      "word": "牢狱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bānfáng",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "班房"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānfáng",
      "word": "監房"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānfáng",
      "word": "监房"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānláo",
      "word": "監牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānláo",
      "word": "监牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānyù",
      "word": "監獄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānyù",
      "word": "监狱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiěwū",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "鐵屋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiěwū",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "铁屋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiāngù",
      "word": "堅固"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiāngù",
      "word": "坚固"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānshí",
      "word": "堅實"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānshí",
      "word": "坚实"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānyìng",
      "word": "堅硬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānyìng",
      "word": "坚硬"
    },
    {
      "word": "扎實"
    },
    {
      "word": "扎实"
    },
    {
      "english": "of foundations",
      "roman": "shēnhòu",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "深厚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láogù",
      "word": "牢固"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láoláo",
      "word": "牢牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láokào",
      "word": "牢靠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cí",
      "word": "瓷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěngù",
      "word": "穩固"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěngù",
      "word": "稳固"
    },
    {
      "word": "結實"
    },
    {
      "word": "结实"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jǐnshí",
      "word": "緊實"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jǐnshí",
      "word": "紧实"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǒng",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "鞏"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǒng",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "巩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǒnggù",
      "word": "鞏固"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǒnggù",
      "word": "巩固"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xìnshí",
      "word": "信實"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xìnshí",
      "word": "信实"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎoxiǎn",
      "word": "保險"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎoxiǎn",
      "word": "保险"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tíng",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "停"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kěshì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "可恃"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kěkào",
      "word": "可靠"
    },
    {
      "english": "chiefly in the negative",
      "roman": "bǎláo",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "把牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎwěn",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "把穩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎwěn",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "把稳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěntuǒ",
      "word": "穩妥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěntuǒ",
      "word": "稳妥"
    },
    {
      "word": "穩當"
    },
    {
      "word": "稳当"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wan2 zan6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "穩陣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wan2 zan6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "稳阵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhe",
      "sense": "indicates continuous aspect",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "著"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhe",
      "sense": "indicates continuous aspect",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "着"
    }
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  "word": "牢"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.