He was held in captivity.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
囚禁
to imprison
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to imprison
02
captivity
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 囚禁 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 囚禁 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom is being held captive.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 囚禁.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 囚禁.
Directly before
- 被囚禁2
Directly after
- 囚禁了2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 囚禁
What does 囚禁 mean in Chinese?
囚禁 (qiújìn) means to imprison.
How do you pronounce 囚禁?
囚禁 is pronounced qiújìn.
Is 囚禁 an HSK word?
囚禁 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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