giam cầm
Pronunciation
Northern
/zaːm˧˧ kə̤m˨˩/
Central
/jaːm˧˥ kəm˧˧/
Southern
/jaːm˧˧ kəm˨˩/
Listen
imprison or confine
Verb
imprison or confine
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2 Components
Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
imprison or confine Politics, Law, Institutions & Safety
The act of taking away a person's freedom by keeping them within a restricted or confined space.
vi Họ bị giam cầm trong một căn phòng hẹp.
en They were confined within a narrow room.
Parts
giam / cầm / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 監擒 …
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Parts
giam / cầm / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 監擒 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 監擒
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
監擒
Candidates by syllable
giam
㩜
cầm
琴（扲 / 禽 / 𨆓）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
giam cấm / bỏ tù / cầm tù / tống giam …
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Similar
giam cấm / bỏ tù / cầm tù / tống giam …
Use
bắt giam / nhà giam / trại giam / phó giam …
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Use
bắt giam / nhà giam / trại giam / phó giam …