扣 押

kòuyā

“To detain” in Chinese is 扣押 (kòuyā).

Meaning

to detain
to hold in custody
to distrain

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to seize property

Example

萨米的包被警察扣押了。

Sami's bag was seized by police.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

kòuHSK 66 strokesto fasten yāHSK 58 strokesto mortgage

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