"To detain" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 拘留 | jū liú | to detain (a prisoner) / to keep sb in custody |   |
| 滞留 | zhì liú | to detain / retention | |
| 挽留 | wǎn liú | to urge to stay / to detain | |
| 扣押 | kòu yā | to detain / to hold in custody / to distrain / to seize property | |
| 扣住 | kòu zhù | to detain / to hold back by force / to buckle / to hook | |
| 扣留 | kòu liú | to detain / to arrest / to hold / to confiscate | |
| 羁押 | jī yā | to detain / to take into custody / detention / imprisonment | |
| 拘禁 | jū jìn | constraint / to detain / to take into custody | |
| 留置 | liú zhì | to leave in place / to set aside (for further use) / to retain / to detain / (medicine) indwelling | |
| 看押 | kān yā | to detain / to take into custody / to imprison temporarily | |
| 羁留 | jī liú | to stay / to detain | |
| 傺 |  chì | to detain / to hinder | |
| 拿捕 | ná bǔ | to detain / to apprehend / to capture | |
| 欵 | kuǎn | to treat well / to detain / variant of 款[kuan3] | |
