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拘

jū

HSK 6 Character

What 拘 means

1. to capture
2. to restrain
3. to constrain
4. to adhere rigidly to
5. inflexible

Example sentences

• 警方拘留了他。
  Jǐngfāng jūliú le tā.
  The police held him in custody.
• 警察拘捕了这个窃贼。
  Jǐngchá jūbǔ le zhège qièzéi.
  The police officers arrested the burglar.
• 这个男人被警察拘留了。
  Zhège nánrén bèi jǐngchá jūliú le.
  The man was held in police custody.
• 缅甸民主运动领袖昂山素姬已遭拘押逾十年。
  The leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in detainment for over 10 years.
• 巴西最高法院大法官亚历山大德莫赖斯因涉嫌在针对雅伊尔博索纳罗的案件中侵犯人权 (例如审查和任意拘留)，而受到《全球马格尼茨基人权问责法》的制裁。这些制裁引发了美国和巴西之间的外交和经济紧张局势。
  Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes was sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky Act for alleged rights violations, such as censorship and arbitrary detention, in the case against Jair Bolsonaro. The sanctions have sparked diplomatic and economic tensions between the US and Brazil.

Words starting with 拘

• 拘留jū liúto detain (as a prisoner); to keep sb in custody
• 拘束jū shùto restrict; to restrain; constrained
• 拘留所jū liú suǒdetention center; prison
• 拘捕jū bǔto arrest
• 拘谨jū jǐnreserved; overcautious
• 拘禁jū jìnconstraint; to detain; to take into custody
• 拘泥jū nìto be a stickler for formalities; to rigidly adhere to; to cling to
• 拘押jū yāto arrest; to take into custody
• 拘传jū chuánsubpoena; to summon (for questioning)
• 拘执jū zhírigid; inflexible
• 拘守jū shǒuto hold tight; to cling to; to adhere
• 拘拿jū náto arrest
• 拘检jū jiǎnrestrained and cautious
• 拘票jū piàowarrant (for arrest)
• 拘礼jū lǐto stand on ceremony; punctilious
• 拘束衣jū shù yīstraightjacket
• 拘押营jū yā yíngdetention center; prison camp
• 拘役jū yìdetention
• 拘囚jū qiúto imprison; prisoner
• 拘牵jū qiānrestrained; confined
• 拘忌jū jìto have scruples; to have misgivings
• 拘挛jū luáncramps; muscular spasm; fig. constrained
• 拘迂jū yūinflexible; stubborn
• 拘挛儿jū luán rerhua variant of 拘挛

Words containing 拘

• 无拘无束wú jū wú shùfree and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered; unbuttoned; without care or worries
• 不拘bù jūnot stick to; not confine oneself to; whatever
• 不拘一格bù jū yī génot stick to one pattern
• 不拘小节bù jū xiǎo jiéto not bother about trifles (idiom)
• 刑拘xíng jūto detain as criminal; criminal detention; abbr. for 刑事拘留
• 行拘xíng jūto arrest without trial or charge (i.e. administrative detention)…
• 不加拘束bù jiā jū shùunrestricted
• 刑事拘留xíng shì jū liúto detain as criminal; criminal detention
• 行政拘留xíng zhèng jū liúto incarcerate sb for a violation of administrative law, typically for 10 days or less…
• 放诞不拘fàng dàn bù jūwanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
• 迂拘yū jūconventional; conservative

Characters built on 句

These share the phonetic component 句 (jù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 驹jūcolt
• 朐Qúsurname Qu
• 鼩qúused in 鼩鼱
• 劬qúlabor
• 昫xùvariant of 煦; balmy; nicely warm
• 鸲qú(bound form, used in the names of various kinds of bird, esp. robins and redstarts)

Characters that look like 拘

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

• 构gòuto construct; to form; to make up
• 狗gǒudog
• 抢qiǎngto fight over; to rush; to scramble
• 徇xùnto give in to; to be swayed by (personal considerations etc); Taiwan pr. xún
• 抡lūnto swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money)
• 枸gōubent; crooked

Sounds the same

Read jū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 居to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 鞠to incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times…
• 驹colt
• 车war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
• 掬to hold in one's hands; classifier for a double handful; Taiwan pr. jú
• 据used in 拮据
• 狙macaque; to spy; to lie in ambush
• 琚ornamental gems for belt
• 疽gangrene
• 苴(hemp); sack cloth
• 裾garment
• 趄used in 趑趄