扣押

Chinese

		10 percent; button; detain	detain in custody
simp. and trad. (扣押)		扣	押

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kòuyā

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ aat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiò-ah / khàu-ah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kòuyā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kòuya
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴-ya¹
    • Yale: kòu-yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kowia
    • Palladius: коуя (kouja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ jä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau³ aat³
    • Yale: kau aat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ aat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³ ad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ aːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiò-ah
    • Tâi-lô: khiò-ah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioiraq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ aʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-ah
    • Tâi-lô: khàu-ah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qao'aq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ aʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ aʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ aʔ³²/

Verb

扣押

1. to detain; to take into custody
2. to withhold
3. to confiscate; to impound
4. (law) to distrain; to seize; to levy on; to sequester
5. to take hostage

Synonyms

• (to detain):

• 扣 (kòu)
• 扣留 (kòuliú)
• 押 (yā)
• 拘留 (jūliú)
• 拘禁 (jūjìn)
• 收押 (shōuyā)
• 看押 (kānyā)
• 羈押／羁押 (jīyā) (formal)

 

• (to confiscate): 扣留 (kòuliú)

Derived terms

• 假扣押 (jiǎ kòuyā)