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HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

扣留

kòuliú

to detain sb; to hold sb against their will

HSK 7–9

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Meaning of 扣留 in English

kòuliúHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #7801

to detain sb; to hold sb against their will
to withhold (property, documents, funds etc)

Characters

扣 on its own →
kòu · to fasten

HSK words with 扣

折扣HSK 5 扣HSK 6 扣除HSK 7–9 扣押HSK 7–9 纽扣HSK 7–9 不折不扣HSK 7–9 扣人心弦HSK 7–9

留 on its own →
liú · to leave (a message etc)

HSK words with 留

留学HSK 3 留学生HSK 3 留HSK 4 留下HSK 4 保留HSK 5 留言HSK 5 停留HSK 5 残留HSK 7–9 逗留HSK 7–9 拘留HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences