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扣押

扣押

Chinese

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

Verb

扣押

to detain; to take into custody
to withhold
to confiscate; to impound

Synonyms

(detain): 拘禁 (jūjìn), 拘留 (jūliú), 看押 (kānyā), 扣留 (kòuliú)

Noun

扣押

detention

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kòuyā

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ ㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ aat³
Min Nan (POJ): khàu-ah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kòuyā
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ ㄧㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kowia
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ i̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau³ aat³
  - Yale: kau aat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ aat⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ ɑːt̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-ah
  - Tâi-lô: khàu-ah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaoaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ aʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ aʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ aʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ aʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ aʔ³²/