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. 舊時衙役執行事務的房子。
  2. 監獄、拘留所的俗稱。

重編國語辭典

  1. 教室
  2. 監獄，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

大獄 dàyù
  1. jail
  2. prison
豻 àn jail
監牢 jiānláo
  1. prison
  2. jail
監 jiān
  1. to supervise
  2. to inspect
  3. jail
  4. prison