bắt giữ
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɓat˧˥ zɨʔɨ˧˥/
Central
/ɓa̰k˩˧ jɨ˧˩˨/
Southern
/ɓak˧˥ jɨ˨˩˦/
Listen
arrest
Verb
arrest
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2 Components
Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
arrest; detain Politics, Law, Institutions & Safety
The act of using legal authority to take and keep someone in custody for a crime.
vi Cảnh sát đã tiến hành bắt giữ kẻ tình nghi.
en The police proceeded to arrest the suspect.
Parts
bắt / giữ / A compound of bắt + giữ …
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Parts
bắt / giữ / A compound of bắt + giữ …
OriginA compound of bắt + giữ
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
扒𡨹
Candidates by syllable
bắt
扒
giữ
𡨹（𢬇）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
bắt giam / bắt bớ / tróc nã / hold back
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Similar
bắt giam / bắt bớ / tróc nã / hold back
Use
bắt đầu / bắt tay / bắt chước / đuổi bắt …
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Use
bắt đầu / bắt tay / bắt chước / đuổi bắt …