| 羁押 | jī yā | to detain / to take into custody / detention / imprisonment |   |
| 牢狱之灾 | láo yù zhī zāi | imprisonment | |
| 有期徒刑 | yǒu qī tú xíng | limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment) | |
| 薄熙来 | Bó Xī lái | Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct | |
| 无期徒刑 | wú qī tú xíng | life imprisonment | |
| 苏报案 | Sū bào àn | Qing's 1903 suppression of revolutionary calls in newspaper 蘇報|苏报, leading to imprisonment of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 / and Zou Rong 鄒容|邹容 | |
| 关于监外教养办法的研讨会 | | Research Workshop on Alternatives to Imprisonment | |
| 苦役或非苦役徒刑 | kǔ yì huò fēi kǔ yì tú xíng | imprisonment of either description | |
| 处以监禁 | | sanction of imprisonment | |
| 短期徒刑 | | short-term imprisonment | |
| 世界监禁盟约 | | universal covenant on imprisonment | |
| 监外教养办法国际调查进展情况专家会议 | | Expert Meeting on the Progress of the International Survey on Alternatives to Imprisonment | |
| 监外教养办法 | | alternatives to imprisonment | |
| 判处监禁 | | sentence of imprisonment | |
| 判处徒刑 | | sentence of imprisonment | |
