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囚

qiú

Character

What 囚 means

1. prisoner

Example sentences

• 你是囚犯。
  You're the prisoner.
• 他被囚禁了。
  Tā bèi qiújìn le.
  He was held in captivity.
• 汤姆被囚禁了。
  Tāngmǔ bèi qiújìn le.
  Tom was captured.
• 囚犯重获自由。
  Qiúfàn chónghuò zìyóu.
  The prisoner was set at liberty.
• 十名囚犯逃狱了。
  Shí míng qiúfàn táoyù le.
  Ten prisoners broke out of jail.
• 国王下令把囚犯释放。
  Guówáng xiàlìng bǎ qiúfàn shìfàng.
  The king ordered that the prisoner should be set free.

Words starting with 囚

• 囚犯qiú fànprisoner; convict
• 囚禁qiú jìnto imprison; captivity
• 囚徒qiú túprisoner; convict
• 囚室qiú shìprison cell
• 囚人qiú rénprisoner; convict
• 囚衣qiú yīprison uniform
• 囚笼qiú lóngcage used to hold or transport prisoners
• 囚锢锋qiú gù fēngoccluded front (meteorology)

Words containing 囚

• 死囚sǐ qiúprisoner that awaits execution; convict sentenced to death; someone on death row
• 劫囚jié qiúto break a prisoner out of jail
• 拘囚jū qiúto imprison; prisoner
• 系囚xì qiúprisoner
• 锢囚锋gù qiú fēngoccluded front (meteorology)

Characters that look like 囚

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 因yīncause; reason; because
• 团tuánround; lump; ball
• 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then…
• 历lìcalendar
• 犸mǎused in 猛犸; Taiwan pr. mà
• 囡nānchild; daughter

Sounds the same

Read qiú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 球ball used for playing games (variant of 球
• 求to seek; to look for; to request
• 裘fur; fur coat
• 虬young dragon with horns
• 逑collect; to match
• 仇spouse; companion
• 酋tribal chief
• 俅ornamental cap
• 犰used in 犰狳
• 泅to swim (bound form)
• 遒strong; vigorous; robust
• 璆(gem); to tinkle