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拘

Mandarin · pinyin jū

to capture
to restrain
to constrain
to adhere rigidly to
inflexible

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拘: jū · restrain, seize, detain

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

keoi1

Cantonese word readings for 拘. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to arrest; to detain
to restrain; to restrict; to constrain
to be inflexible
to limit
(Cantonese, chiefly in the negative) to be concerned about; to mind; to worry
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stop; to prevent
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cramp; spasm
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beat; meter

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