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粵語辭叢

坐監

co5 gaam1included in 4 dictionaries
zo6 gaam3included in 1 dictionaries
co5 gaam1`55included in 1 dictionaries
co2 gaam1included in 1 dictionaries
實用廣州話分類詞典: 5145CantonWord七、人類活動[思想活動參見五B] > 七D職業性活動 > 七D11治安、執法
Jyutping:
co5 gaam1

坐牢

Examples

呢啲噉嘅事,你唔怕~咪做喇

這種事情,你要不怕坐牢就做吧

粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
Jyutping:
co5 gaam1

#監獄#服刑 (to be in prison)

動詞

Examples

佢偷嘢畀人拉咗,而家要坐監。

keoi5 tau1 je5 bei2 jan4 laai1 zo2, ji4 gaa1 jiu3 co5 gaam1.

He was caught stealing and is going to spend some time behind the bars.

維基辭典YueWord
Jyutping:
co5 gaam1Original phonetic: /t͡sɔː²² kaːm³³/
zo6 gaam3
01

to go to jail; to be imprisoned

02

to study at the National Imperial Academy

粵語辭源: 117_1_2CantonWord
Jyutping:
co5 gaam1Original phonetic: co5 gam1

坐牢。(饒秉才等:2020:46)

References:
  • 吾鄉這樣冤枉事,主簿被林家欠了錢,告狀反致~,要那州縣何用?(明·凌濛初《二刻拍案驚奇》卷十六葉二,明崇禎尚友堂刻本)