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Jyutping kau3 aap3
Pinyin kòu yā

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    被​強制​扣留​嘅​人​或者​嘢
    (of person or thing)to be held/ impounded

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Jyutping kau3 aat3
Pinyin kòu yā

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to detain
  2. to hold in custody
  3. to distrain
  4. to seize property
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    被​強制​扣留​嘅​人​或者​嘢
    (of person or thing)to be held/ impounded
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to detain; to take into custody
  2. verb
    to take hostage
  3. verb
    to distrain; to seize; to levy on; to sequester
  4. verb
    to confiscate; to impound
  5. verb
    to withhold
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2441
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    萨米的包被警察扣押了。
    薩米的包被警察扣押了。
    sà mǐ de bāo bèi jǐng chá kòu yā le 。
    • Sami's bag was seized by police.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    扣押
    扣押
    kau3 aat3
    • to detain; to remand
    • to detain; to impound
  2. Cantonese
    辩方表示,被告扣押至今已16个月,希望法庭念在案中事主只受轻伤,从轻发落。
    辯方表示,被告扣押至今已16個月,希望法庭念在案中事主只受輕傷,從輕發落。
    • Lawyer for the defence submits that the defendant has already been incarcerated for 16 months, and hopes that the court would consider the fact that the victim only suffered minor injuries and hand down a lighter sentence.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    除非得律政司司长同意,否则不得就本条所订的罪行提出检控,但本款并不阻止就任何该等罪行而逮捕或发出手令逮捕任何人,亦不阻止将被控犯任何该等罪行的人扣押或保释。
    除非得律政司司長同意,否則不得就本條所訂的罪行提出檢控,但本款並不阻止就任何該等罪行而逮捕或發出手令逮捕任何人,亦不阻止將被控犯任何該等罪行的人扣押或保釋。
    chú fēi dé lǜ zhèng sī sī cháng tóng yì , fǒu zé bù dé jiù běn tiáo suǒ dìng de zuì xíng tí chū jiǎn kòng , dàn běn kuǎn bìng bù zǔ zhǐ jiù rèn hé gāi děng zuì xíng ér dài bǔ huò fā chū shǒu lìng dài bǔ rèn hé rén , yì bù zǔ zhǐ jiāng bèi kòng fàn rèn hé gāi děng zuì xíng de rén kòu yā huò bǎo shì .
    • No prosecution for an offence under this section shall be instituted without the consent of the Secretary for Justice, but this subsection shall not prevent the arrest, or the issue of a warrant for the arrest, of a person for any such offence, or the remand in custody or on bail of a person charged with any such offence.