Definition

1. Verb:
   • To detain, to keep in custody: An official action of temporarily holding a person, typically by authorities, for investigation or legal proceedings. This is an archaic term.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhà chức trách có quyền câu lưu nghi phạm trong 24 giờ. (The authorities have the right to detain a suspect for 24 hours.)
  • Trong thời phong kiến, quan lại thường câu lưu người để tra hỏi. (In feudal times, mandarins often detained people for interrogation.)

Advanced Usage

• Bị câu lưu: To be detained, to be in custody.
  • Anh ta bị câu lưu tại đồn công an. (He was detained at the police station.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giam giữ (verb): To imprison, to hold in custody (a more modern and common term).

  • Cảnh sát đã giam giữ tên cướp. (The police imprisoned the robber.)

• Tạm giữ (verb): To hold temporarily, to keep in temporary custody.

  • Tài liệu bị tạm giữ để làm chứng cứ. (The documents were held temporarily as evidence.)

Synonyms

• Giam cầm (verb): To imprison, to confine.
• Bắt giữ (verb): To arrest, to take into custody.

Related Phrases

• Lệnh câu lưu (noun phrase): A detention order.
  • Thẩm phán đã ký lệnh câu lưu. (The judge signed the detention order.)

Notes on Usage

• Câu lưu is an archaic term (từ cũ) and is rarely used in modern legal or everyday Vietnamese. The more contemporary terms are tạm giữ (for temporary holding) and giam giữ (for imprisonment/custody). It may still be encountered in historical texts or formal legal documents referencing older laws.

1. (từ cũ) Detain, keep in custody
   • Bị cân lưu
     To be in detention, to be under custody