扣押

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Chinese

		10 percent; button; detain	detain in custody
simp. and trad. (扣押)		扣	押

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kòuyā

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ ㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ aat³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiò-ah / khàu-ah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kòuyā
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ ㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kòuya
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴-ya¹
  - Yale: kòu-yā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kowia
  - Palladius: коуя (kouja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ jä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau³ aat³
  - Yale: kau aat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ aat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo³ ad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ aːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiò-ah
  - Tâi-lô: khiò-ah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qioiraq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ aʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-ah
  - Tâi-lô: khàu-ah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qao'aq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ aʔ³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ aʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ aʔ³²/

Verb

扣押

to detain; to take into custody
to withhold
to confiscate; to impound
(law) to distrain; to seize; to levy on; to sequester
to take hostage

Synonyms

(to detain):

扣 (kòu)
扣留 (kòuliú)
押 (yā)
拘留 (jūliú)
拘禁 (jūjìn)
收押 (shōuyā)
看押 (kānyā)
羈押／羁押 (jīyā) (formal)

(to confiscate): 扣留 (kòuliú)

Derived terms

假扣押 (jiǎ kòuyā)

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