HSK 6 · Society

拘留 jūliú “to detain” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 拘留 means

  1. to detain
  2. to hold in custody
  3. to detain (as a prisoner)
  4. to keep sb in custody

How to say 拘留

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale拘jū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale留liú2nd tone, rising

拘留 in a sentence

  1. 他因为打架被拘留了十天。

    Tā yīnwèi dǎjià bèi jūliú le shí tiān.

    He was detained for ten days for fighting.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 那个司机被警察拘留了。

    Nà ge sījī bèi jǐngchá jūliú le.

    The driver was taken into custody by the police.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 拘留 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 拘 (jū) with each of its parts in a different colour
拘jūto capture
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 句sentence · jùSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 句 (jù) hints at the sound. Compare it with jū.

The character 留 (liú) with each of its parts in a different colour
留liúto leave
  • 卯part of the character
  • 田field · tián

How to write 拘留

拘 8 strokes · 留 10 strokes

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拘留 (jūliú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 拘留 (jūliú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 拘留

Words with 拘

拘束jūshù · ill at ease

Words with 留

留学liúxué · study abroad留学生liúxuéshēng · international student留liú · to stay留下liúxia · to leave behind保留bǎoliú · to keep留神liúshén · to be careful残留cánliú · to remain留念liúniàn · to keep as a memento遗留yíliú · to be left over留恋liúliàn · to be reluctant to leave

More words: Society & Law

忌讳jìhuì · taboo竞选jìngxuǎn · to run for office纠纷jiūfēn · dispute救济jiùjì · to give relief to军队jūnduì · army抗议kàngyì · to protest联盟liánméng · alliance礼节lǐjié · etiquette

FAQs

拘留 (jūliú) means “to detain” or “to hold in custody”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jūliú: jū with a 1st tone, then liú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 拘留 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type juliu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 拘留 from the suggestions. Typing juliu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
拘留 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.