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cầm giữ

Pronunciation Northern /kə̤m˨˩ zɨʔɨ˧˥/ Central /kəm˧˧ jɨ˧˩˨/ Southern /kəm˨˩ jɨ˨˩˦/
to detain; to hold
1 senses 2 Components
Verb
to detain; to hold
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Sense 1 Verb
to detain; to hold Core ActionsTheme

The act of preventing someone from leaving or keeping them in a specific place as required by law.

vi Cảnh sát cầm giữ người đàn ông để điều tra.

en The police detained the man for investigation.

Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
琴𡨹
Candidates by syllable
cầm 琴（扲 / 禽 / 𨆓） giữ 𡨹（𢬇）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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