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囚禁

qiújìn
verb #7,391

Meanings

  1. 1 to imprison; to hold captive
  2. 2 to confine; to incarcerate

Characters

囚
qiú
prisoner; to imprison
禁
jìn
to forbid; to confine
Both characters relate to confinement. 囚 is a pictograph of a person (人) inside an enclosure (囗) - literally a person trapped in a box.

Examples

HSK 3
他被囚禁了十年。
Tā bèi qiújìn le shí nián.
He was imprisoned for ten years.
HSK 6
那个国王被囚禁在塔里。
Nàge guówáng bèi qiújìn zài tǎ lǐ.
That king was imprisoned in the tower.
HSK 7-9
囚禁无辜的人是不对的。
Qiújìn wúgū de rén shì bùduì de.
It's wrong to imprison innocent people.

Tips

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The character 囚 is one of the most visually intuitive Chinese characters: a person (人) inside a box (囗) = prisoner.

Stroke Order

囚 qiú
禁 jìn