jiān shì qìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
security camera / surveillance monitor
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Original source entry:

監視器 监视器 [jian1 shi4 qi4] /security camera/surveillance monitor/

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Other forms in these source records: 監視器

  • 监
    jiān

    to supervise / to inspect / jail / prison

    jiàn

    (bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)

  • 视
    shì

    (literary, or bound form) to look at

  • 器
    qì

    device / tool / utensil / CL:臺|台[tái]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.