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留置

留置

Chinese

 
leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
to install; to place; to put
simp. and trad.
(留置)

Verb

留置

  1. to leave in place (for further use); to retain
  2. (law) to keep a suspect in custody

Adjective

留置

  1. (medicine, attributive) indwelling

Derived terms

  • 留置針留置针

Japanese

Kanji in this term
りゅう
Grade: 5

Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

留置 (hiragana りゅうち, romaji ryūchi)

  1. detainment, custody

Verb

留置する (transitive, hiragana りゅうちする, romaji ryūchi suru)

  1. detain, keep

Conjugation


Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

留置 (yuchi) (hangeul 유치)

  1. Hanja form? of 유치, “detention”.