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cầm tù

Pronunciation Northern /kə̤m˨˩ tṳ˨˩/ Central /kəm˧˧ tu˧˧/ Southern /kəm˨˩ tu˨˩/
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imprison
Verb
imprison
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
imprison Core ActionsTheme

To put someone in a prison or keep them in a place they cannot leave as a punishment.

vi Kẻ phạm tội đã bị cầm tù trong nhiều năm.

en The criminal was imprisoned for many years.

Parts
cầm / tù / 琴囚
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
琴囚
Candidates by syllable
cầm (扲 / 禽 / 𨆓) (泅)
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
cẩm tú / cảm từ / cảm tử / giam …
Use
dương cầm / thiên cầm / cổ cầm / tây ban cầm …
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