拘留 jūliú▶ detener

Stroke order

拘留 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 拘 — 8 strokes
• 留 — 10 strokes

Related words

• 拘束cohibido; incómodo
• 残留residual
• 滞留retención
• 留念Como recuerdo
• 留恋ser reacio a irse, resistirse a irse
• 留神Reloj, observar

拘留 is pronounced jūliú and means “detener”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 拘留 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.