拘留
keoi1 lau4jū liú
English
- to detain (as a prisoner); to keep sb in custody
- to detain; to be held in custody
粵語 — Cantonese
- 喺警局監禁疑犯
Examples
一名「連環偷渡者」喺芝加哥奧黑爾國際機場再次被拘留,呢個係佢喺冇機票由美國中西部城市飛去倫敦而三日之後先至出獄。
Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY
警方拘留了他。
The police held him in custody.
Tatoeba · Martha CC BY
這個男人被警察拘留了。
The man was held in police custody.
Tatoeba · Martha CC BY
喺香港,警察可以拘留疑犯 48 個鐘。
In HK, the police force can detain any suspects for at most 48 hours.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk