verb #36,210

Meanings

  1. 1 to detain
  2. 2 to arrest
  3. 3 to restrain
  4. 4 to be inflexible (about)
  5. 5 to be restricted by

Examples

Tā bèi jǐngchá jū le qǐlái.
He was detained by the police.
Zuòshì búyào tài jū xiǎojié.
Don't be too rigid about minor details when doing things.

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usage
Rarely standalone in modern speech. Lives mostly in compounds: 拘留 (jūliú, 'detain'), 拘束 (jūshù, 'restrained'), 拘谨 (jūjǐn, 'stiff, prim'), and the set phrase 不拘小节 ('not bothered by small details').

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