câu lưu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 拘留.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ liw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ lɨw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ lɨw˧˧]

Verb

(literary) to detain; arrest

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.