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cầm giữ

Pronunciation Northern /kə̤m˨˩ zɨʔɨ˧˥/ Central /kəm˧˧ jɨ˧˩˨/ Southern /kəm˨˩ jɨ˨˩˦/
Listen
to detain; to hold
Verb
to detain; to hold
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1 Verb
to detain; to hold Core ActionsTheme

The act of preventing someone from leaving or keeping them in a specific place as required by law.

vi Cảnh sát cầm giữ người đàn ông để điều tra.

en The police detained the man for investigation.

Parts
cầm / giữ / 琴𡨹
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
琴𡨹
Candidates by syllable
cầm (扲 / 禽 / 𨆓) 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
cấm cung / giam hãm / giam giữ / nhốt …
Use
dương cầm / thiên cầm / cổ cầm / tây ban cầm …
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