# 牢獄
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): láoyù
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^4$ juk$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lô-ga̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lo$^5$ ghêg$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: láoyù
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: láoyù
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^2$-yü$^4$
*** Yale: láu-yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lauyuh
*** Palladius: лаоюй (laojuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑʊ̯³⁵ y⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^4$ juk$^6$
*** Yale: lòuh yuhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^4$ juk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^4$ yug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯²¹ jʊk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-ga̍k
*** Tâi-lô: lô-ga̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loi'gak
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² ɡak̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² ɡak̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² ɡak̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡak̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ ɡak̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lo$^5$ ghêg$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lô ge̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ɡek̚⁴/

### Noun

牢獄
* prison; jail

#### Synonyms

* 囹圄 (língyǔ) (literary)
* 大牢 (dàláo) (archaic)
* 清室 (qīngshì) (archaic)
* 牢 (láo)
* 牢房 (láofáng)
* 班房 (bānfáng) (colloquial)
* 監房／监房 (jiānfáng)
* 監牢／监牢 (jiānláo)
* 監獄／监狱 (jiānyù)
* 鐵屋／铁屋 (tiěwū) (literary, figurative)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 監獄, 監牢, 牢獄, 牢房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 監獄, 班房兒, 泡兒局 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 監獄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 監獄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 監獄, 笆籬子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 監獄, 牢, 笆籬子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 牢, 班房, 笆籬子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 監牢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 監獄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 監獄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 監獄, 班房兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 監獄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 監獄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 監獄, 監牢獄, 監 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 監牢獄, 監獄 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 監牢獄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 監, 牢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 監獄, 監, 牢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 監獄, 監, 牢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 牢, 班房 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 監獄, 牢, 大圈兒, 八號兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 班房子, 獄監 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 監獄, 牢, 班房 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 監獄, 班房子, 班房 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 監獄, 牢, 笆籬子, 班房子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 牢, 班房 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 監獄, 牢, 班房 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 監獄, 班房 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 監獄, 牢, 班房 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 監獄, 牢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 監獄, 牢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 牢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 牢監, 牢, 班房 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 監牢, 牢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 監獄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 監倉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 監獄, 監倉, 祠堂 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 牢監, 班房 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 班房 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 監房 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 班房 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 監獄仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 監獄 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 監牢 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 監牢, 牢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 牢, 班房 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 監牢, 監, 牢房, 牢, 班房 |
| Jin | Linhe | 監獄, 監, 牢, 班房子 |
| Jin | Jining | 班房 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 監獄, 監, 牢, 獄, 班房 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 監獄, 牢 |
| Jin | Handan | 監獄, 房子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 班房 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 監牢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 監獄, 監牢, 班館, 館仔 dated, 櫳仔 dated, 櫳間 dated, 鴿仔空 dated |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 監獄, 監牢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 監獄, 監牢, 班館, 館仔 dated, 櫳仔 dated |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 監獄, 監牢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 監獄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 監獄, 櫳仔內 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 監獄 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 監獄, 監牢, 櫳仔, 櫳仔間, 內籬仔 GT |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 監獄, 櫳仔內 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 監獄, 櫳仔內 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 跤跔, 跤跔間 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 監牢, 釘鏈間 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 跤跔, 監獄 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 監獄 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 釘鏈間, 監牢 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 監倉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 監牢, 牢監 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 監牢 |
| Wu | Danyang | 監牢 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 牢監 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 牢監, 監牢 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 牢監, 班房 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 監牢 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 班房, 籠子 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 牢 | 獄 |
| ろう Hyōgai | ごく Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ろーごく [ròógókú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɾo̞ːɡo̞kɯ̟]

### Noun

牢(ろう)獄(ごく) • (rōgoku)
* prison

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN