扣留

Chinese

		10 percent; button; detain	leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
simp. and trad. (扣留)		扣	留

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kòuliú

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ lau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiò-liû / khàu-liû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kòuliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kòulióu
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴-liu²
  - Yale: kòu-lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kowliou
  - Palladius: коулю (koulju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kau³ lau⁴
  - Yale: kau làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo³ leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ lɐu̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    佝僂 / 佝偻
    扣留
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiò-liû
  - Tâi-lô: khiò-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qioirliuu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-liû
  - Tâi-lô: khàu-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaoliuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ liu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ liu²³/

Verb

扣留

to detain; to arrest
to confiscate; to hold; to withhold

Synonyms

(to detain):

扣 (kòu)
扣押 (kòuyā)
押 (yā)
拘留 (jūliú)
拘禁 (jūjìn)
收押 (shōuyā)
看押 (kānyā)
羈押 / 羁押 (jīyā) (formal)

(to confiscate): 扣押 (kòuyā)