| 1 | 监狱 | 監獄 | jiān yù | jian1 yu4 | prison | | |
| 2 | 地狱 | 地獄 | dì yù | di4 yu4 | hell; infernal; underworld | | |
| 3 | 牢狱 | 牢獄 | láo yù | lao2 yu4 | prison | | |
| 4 | 诏狱 | 詔獄 | zhào yù | zhao4 yu4 | imperial prison | | |
| 5 | 逃狱 | 逃獄 | táo yù | tao2 yu4 | to escape (from prison); to jump bail | | |
| 6 | 释放出狱 | 釋放出獄 | shì fàng chū yù | shi4 fang4 chu1 yu4 | to release from jail | | |
| 7 | 身陷牢狱 | 身陷牢獄 | shēn xiàn láo yù | shen1 xian4 lao2 yu4 | to go to prison; to be imprisoned | | |
| 8 | 入狱 | 入獄 | rù yù | ru4 yu4 | to go to jail; to be sent to prison | | |
| 9 | 人间地狱 | 人間地獄 | rén jiān dì yù | ren2 jian1 di4 yu4 | hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive; fig. having an uncomfortable time | | |
| 10 | 秦城监狱 | 秦城監獄 | qín chéng jiān yù | Qin2 cheng2 Jian1 yu4 | Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption | | |
| 11 | 片言折狱 | 片言折獄 | piàn yán zhé yù | pian4 yan2 zhe2 yu4 | A single word uttered by a wise man can decide a legal case. (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 罗织成狱 | 羅織成獄 | luó zhī chéng yù | luo2 zhi1 cheng2 yu4 | to convict sb. on trumped-up charges (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 炼狱 | 煉獄 | liàn yù | lian4 yu4 | purgatory | | |
| 14 | 老吏断狱 | 老吏斷獄 | lǎo lì duàn yù | lao3 li4 duan4 yu4 | to decide a legal case promptly and correctly (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 牢狱之灾 | 牢獄之災 | láo yù zhī zāi | lao2 yu4 zhi1 zai1 | imprisonment | | |
| 16 | 阿鼻地狱 | 阿鼻地獄 | ā bí dì yù | A1 bi2 di4 yu4 | Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells; fig. hell; hell on earth | | |
| 17 | 锒铛入狱 | 鋃鐺入獄 | láng dāng rù yù | lang2 dang1 ru4 yu4 | lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom); fig. to be put behind bars; to get jailed | | |
| 18 | 劫狱 | 劫獄 | jié yù | jie2 yu4 | to break into jail; to forcibly release prisoners | | |
| 19 | 画地为狱 | 畫地為獄 | huà dì wéi yù | hua4 di4 wei2 yu4 | see 画地为牢 | | |
| 20 | 浮动地狱 | 浮動地獄 | fú dòng dì yù | fu2 dong4 di4 yu4 | floating hell; slave ships | | |
| 21 | 断狱 | 斷獄 | duàn yù | duan4 yu4 | to pass judgment on a legal case | | |
| 22 | 典狱长 | 典獄長 | diǎn yù zhǎng | dian3 yu4 zhang3 | warden | | |
| 23 | 地狱变相 | 地獄變相 | de yù biàn xiàng | de5 yu4 bian4 xiang4 | Hell transformation | | |
| 24 | 大狱 | 大獄 | dà yù | da4 yu4 | jail; prison | | |
| 25 | 打入牢狱 | 打入牢獄 | dǎ rù láo yù | da3 ru4 lao2 yu4 | to throw sb. into prison (idiom) | | |