囚禁 meaning in English

qiújìn

to imprison; captivity

18 strokes

Meaning of 囚禁

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qiújìn
  1. to imprison
  2. captivity

囚禁 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ被bèi囚qiú禁jìn了le。
Tom was captured.
他tā被bèi囚qiú禁jìn了le。
He was held in captivity.

Stroke order for each character

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囚 qiú · prisoner · 5 strokes

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禁 jìn · to restrict · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 囚禁.

禁止jìnzhǐto prohibit; to forbid
不禁bùjīncan't help (doing sth); can't refrain from
囚犯qiúfànprisoner; convict
严禁yánjìnto strictly prohibit
禁区jìnqūrestricted area; forbidden zone; off-limits area
情不自禁qíngbùzìjīn(idiom) cannot refrain from; cannot help; cannot but
禁忌jìnjìtaboo; contraindication (medicine)
禁不住jīnbuzhùcan't help it; can't bear it
监禁jiānjìnto imprison; to jail
宵禁xiāojìnnight curfew
禁令jìnlìngprohibition; ban
禁足jìnzúto forbid sb to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk

Questions about 囚禁

What does 囚禁 mean?

囚禁 (qiújìn) means "to imprison; captivity".

How do you write 囚禁?

囚禁 is made of 2 characters: 囚 (5 strokes), 禁 (13 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.