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扣留

扣留

Chinese

		10 percent; button; detain	leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
simp. and trad. (扣留)		扣	留

Verb

扣留

to detain; to arrest
to confiscate; to hold; to withhold

Synonyms

(detain): 拘禁 (jūjìn), 拘留 (jūliú), 看押 (kānyā), 扣押 (kòuyā)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kòuliú

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ lau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): khàu-liû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kòuliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kowliou
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau³ lau⁴
  - Yale: kau làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ lau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ lɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-liû
  - Tâi-lô: khàu-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaoliuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ liu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ liu²³/