câu lưu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 拘留.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ liw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ lɨw˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˧ lɨw˧˧]

Verb

(literary) to detain; arrest

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