# 拘留 (jūliú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 拘留 (jūliú) means “to detain (in custody)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to detain (in custody)
- Pinyin: jūliú (ju1 liu2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 那名司机因酒后驾车被警方拘留。
  Nà míng sījī yīn jiǔhòu jiàchē bèi jǐngfāng jūliú.
  The driver was detained by police for drunk driving.

## Characters

- 拘 (jū): to capture; to restrain
- [留](https://hanziro.com/word/liu-stay/) (liú): to stay; to leave behind

https://hanziro.com/word/ju-liu-detain/

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