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拘

jū

restrain, seize, detain

Strokes
8
Radical
手
HSK
6
Tone
1

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 警方拘留了他。

    Jǐng fāng jū liú le tā

    The police held him in custody.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 拘

  • 拘留jū liú 1–2 to detain (a prisoner); to keep sb in custody
  • 拘束jū shù 1–4 to restrict; to restrain; constrained; awkward; ill at ease; uncomfortable; reticent