拘留

jūliú

verb HSK 7 #4,746

Meanings

1 to detain; to hold in custody
2 detention

Characters

to detain; to restrain

to keep; to stay; to hold

To restrain and hold — to detain someone.

Examples

警察拘留了那个嫌疑人。

Jǐngchá jūliú le nà ge xiányírén.

The police detained the suspect.

他被拘留了十五天。

Tā bèi jūliú le shíwǔ tiān.

He was detained for fifteen days.

行政拘留和刑事拘留是不同的。

Xíngzhèng jūliú hé xíngshì jūliú shì bùtóng de.

Administrative detention and criminal detention are different.

Tips

usage

拘留 is a legal term for short-term detention. Compare: 逮捕 (dàibǔ, to arrest), 关押 (guānyā, to imprison), 拘留 (to detain, usually shorter term). Common collocations: 行政拘留, 刑事拘留, 拘留所 (detention center).

Stroke Order

拘 jū

留 liú