giam
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Definition
- Verb:
- To imprison; to incarcerate: To legally or forcibly confine someone, typically as a punishment or while awaiting trial, depriving them of their liberty.
- To detain; to hold in custody: To keep someone in a restricted place, such as a jail or cell, without allowing free movement.
- To confine; to restrict: To keep someone or something in a specific place, preventing free departure or movement. This can be literal or figurative.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cảnh sát đã giam giữ nghi phạm. (The police detained the suspect.)
- Ông ấy bị giam mười năm trong tù. (He was imprisoned for ten years.)
- Cơn bão giam chân chúng tôi ở khách sạn. (The storm confined us to the hotel.)
Advanced Usage
"giam cầm": to hold captive; to keep in confinement.
- Những con chim không nên bị giam cầm trong lồng. (Birds should not be held captive in cages.)
"tự giam mình": to confine oneself; to seclude oneself.
- Sau bi kịch, anh ấy tự giam mình trong nhà. (After the tragedy, he confined himself to his house.)
Variants and Related Words
Giam giữ (v): to detain; to hold in custody.
- Họ có quyền giam giữ người đó 48 giờ. (They have the right to detain that person for 48 hours.)
Nhà giam (n): jail; prison.
- Tù nhân được đưa đến nhà giam. (The prisoner was taken to jail.)
Trại giam (n): detention camp; prison camp.
- Trại giam đó nổi tiếng vì điều kiện khắc nghiệt. (That detention camp is notorious for its harsh conditions.)
Synonyms
- Imprison: to put or keep someone in prison.
- Confine: to keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits.
- Detain: to keep someone in official custody.
Related Idioms
Giam chân: to keep someone's feet tied (to a place); to prevent someone from leaving.
- Công việc giam chân tôi ở văn phòng cả ngày. (The work kept me tied to the office all day.)
Giam lòng: to restrain one's heart/feelings (figurative); to suppress emotions.
- Cô ấy phải giam lòng mình để không khóc. (She had to suppress her feelings to avoid crying.)
verb
- to confine; to imprison; to detain
- sự giam cầmdetainment