Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jū
English
- restrain, seize, detain
- to capture
- (verb) To arrest
- to restrain
- to constrain
- to adhere rigidly to
- inflexible
- to limit; to restrain; to be bound to
- particularly, to restrict one's physical freedom
粵語
- 限制
- 特指限制人身自由
As a component in
Words containing 拘
- 拘留keoi1 lau4
to detain (as a prisoner); to keep sb in custody
- 拘捕keoi1 bou6
to arrest
- 拘束keoi1 cuk1
to restrict
- 拘禁keoi1 gam3
constraint
- 不拘bat1 keoi1
not stick to
- 拘押keoi1 aat3
to arrest
- 拘謹keoi1 gan2
reserved
- 唔拘m4 keoi1
to be okay with something; "… sounds ok"; "… is not a bad idea"; no objections
- 拘禮keoi1 lai5
to stand on ceremony
- 拘執keoi1 zap1
rigid
- 拘泥keoi1 nai4
to be a stickler for formalities
- 無拘無束mou4 keoi1 mou4 cuk1
free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered
- 拘守keoi1 sau2
to hold tight
- 咪拘mai5 keoi1
don't hold yourself; or also an expression of rejection, don't think or don't dare
- 拘檢keoi1 gim2
restrained and cautious
- 拘牽keoi1 hin1
restrained
- 拘囚keoi1 cau4
to imprison
- 拘攣keoi1 lyun4
cramps
- 迂拘jyu1 keoi1
conventional
- 拘迂keoi1 jyu1
inflexible
- 不拘小節bat1 keoi1 siu2 zit3
to not bother about trifles (idiom)
- 拘役keoi1 jik6
detention
- 拘束衣keoi1 cuk1 ji1
straightjacket
- 拘押營keoi1 aat3 jing4
detention center