HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

拘留

jūliú

to detain (as a prisoner); to keep sb in custody

HSK 7–9
HSK 7–9 flashcards →Quiz

Meaning of 拘留 in English

jūliúHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #7643
  1. to detain (as a prisoner); to keep sb in custody

Example sentences

  1. 警方拘留了他。
    jǐng fāng jū liú le tā。
    The police held him in custody.
    Tatoeba #864389 by Martha · #238151 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

Tap the character to see its stroke order

HSK words with 拘

拘束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扣留HSK 7–9

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