禁錮 [－锢]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to confine
  2. to imprison
  3. prohibition
  4. shackles
  5. fetters
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    非法​咁​將人​韞​喺​一​個​地方​，​唔​俾​佢​出去
    to keep in custody; to imprison
    • 佢俾人禁錮咗一個月之後癡左綫。
      佢俾人禁锢咗一个月之后痴左线。
      He has gone crazy after being kept in custody for one month.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to imprison
  2. verb, figuratively, literally
    to confine; to shackle
    (syn.) 左右, 羈束, 执掌, 主张, 限, 撙節, 操纵, 收敛, 积压, 束缚, 提控, 框, 制約, 摆布, 統治, 把持, 羁束, 統御, 執掌, 按捺, 約束, 驾驭, 抵制, 束縛, 操縱, 摆治, 束, 局限, 管束, 管制, 把控, 克制, 撙节, 君, 積壓, 掌握, 拨弄, 裁, 制约, 主張, 壓制, 遏抑, 擺治, 收斂, 节制, 限制, 撥弄, 把, 拘束, 约束, 限乏, 按, 抑制, 控制, 统御, 克治, 掌控, 统治, 控, 柄, 擺佈, 駕馭, 压制, 支配, 鎮, 镇, 節制, 操控, 主宰
  3. verb, archaic
    to ban a person from government service
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢俾人禁锢咗一个月之后痴左线。
    佢俾人禁錮咗一個月之後癡左綫。
    • He has gone crazy after being kept in custody for one month.