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囚禁
  cau4 gam3   jyutping
  qiu2 jin4   pinyin
captivity; imprison


Level: 3   Google Frequency: 966,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
囚禁

This word has been viewed 1943 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 30th Aug 2005 21:28 and last edited on 12th Aug 2013 19:21
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Characters in this word:

 cau4  -  prisoner; convict; to imprison; to confine
 gam3 kam1 gam1  -  prohibit; imprison; restrain; endure

Showing 1 example containing 囚禁
detail 人質囚禁二十日獲釋
The hostages have been set free after 20 days in captivity.
[Aspect marker 咗 is used to indicate passive voice.]
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