押 (yā): to mortgage, to pawn, to detain in custody
押 (yā) is a Chinese character meaning “to mortgage.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 甲 (phonetic). It ranks #1758 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 押 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to mortgage
- to pawn
- to detain in custody
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 押
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抵押 | dǐ yā | to provide (an asset) as security for a loan |
| 关押 | guān yā | to imprison |
| 扣押 | kòu yā | to detain |
| 押韵 | yā yùn | to rhyme |
| 收押 | shōu yā | in custody |
| 押送 | yā sòng | to convey (a prisoner or valuable items etc) under escort |
| 羁押 | jī yā | to detain |
| 押运 | yā yùn | to escort (goods or funds) |
| 抵押品 | dǐ yā pǐn | security (property held against a loan) |
| 拘押 | jū yā | to arrest |
| 押解 | yā jiè | to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc) |
| 看押 | kān yā | to detain |
| 画押 | huà yā | to sign |
| 抵押物 | dǐ yā wù | collateral (finance) |
| 押车 | yā chē | to escort (goods) during transportation |
押 appears in 33 compound words: 42 as the first character, 39 as the last, and 18 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 押 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
押照镜子，整理一下自己的仪容。
yā zhào jìng zǐ , zhěng lǐ yī xià zì jǐ de yí róng .
Check your reflection in the mirror and tidy up your appearance.
基隆检察官涉放高利贷羁押禁见 学者叹:损害司法人员形象
jī lóng jiǎn chá guān shè fàng gāo lì dài 羁 yā jīn jiàn xué zhě tàn : sǔn hài sī fǎ rén yuán xíng xiàng
Keelung prosecutor involved in usury detention and ban Scholars sighed: Damaging the image of judicial personnel
巍巍昆仑之上,有一个个把青春和生命抵押给雪山的人
巍 巍 kūn 仑 zhī shàng , yǒu yī gè gè bǎ qīng chūn hé shēng mìng dǐ yā gěi xuě shān de rén
On the majestic Kunlun, there are people who pledge their youth and lives to the snow-capped mountains
美抵押贷款利率跌破6% 为2022年以来最低
měi dǐ yā dài kuǎn lì lǜ diē pò 6 wéi 2 0 2 2 nián yǐ lái zuì dī
U.S. mortgage rates fell below 6%, the lowest since 2022
美国总统川普国情咨文 跃热门押注标的
měi guó zǒng tǒng chuān pǔ guó qíng zī wén yuè rè mén yā zhù biāo de
U.S. President Trump's State of the Union address jumped to the hot bet target
押风口!这些基金经理四季度就预测机器人板块...
yā fēng kǒu ! zhè xiē jī jīn jīng lǐ sì jì dù jiù yù cè jī qì rén bǎn kuài . . .
Press the wind! These fund managers predicted the robot sector in the fourth quarter...
萨米的包被警察扣押了。
Sàmǐ de bāo bèi jǐngchá kòuyā le.
Sami's bag was seized by police.
难以抵抗给句子押韵的愿望。
Nányǐ dǐkàng gěi jùzi yāyùn de yuànwàng.
It's hard to resist the wish to make the sentence rhyme.
我在这匹马上押五英镑的赌注。
Wǒ zài zhè pǐ mǎ shàng yā wǔ Yīngbàng de dǔzhù.
I bet five pounds on the horse.
你必须付三个月的房租作为押金。
Nǐ bìxū fù sān gè yuè de fángzū zuòwéi yājīn.
You have to give three months' rent as a deposit.
Character Family
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