班房

bānfáng
jail

CEDICT

  1. (historical, obsolete) reception or duty room for a runner in a yamen or domicile
  2. reception or duty room for a runner in a yamen or domicile

Wiktionary

  1. 旧时衙役执行事务的房子。
  2. 监狱、拘留所的俗称。

重編國語辭典

  1. 教室
  2. 监狱，看守所
  3. 衙署、府第的差役值班之所

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 班 bān
  1. team; class; grade
  2. (military) squad
  3. work shift
  4. classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles

classifier: 個
2 房 fáng
  1. house
  2. room
  3. branch of an extended family
  4. classifier for family members (or concubines)

classifier: 間

Related entries

大狱 dàyù
  1. jail
  2. prison
豻 àn jail
监牢 jiānláo
  1. prison
  2. jail
监 jiān
  1. to supervise
  2. to inspect
  3. jail
  4. prison