to detain in custody; to pawn; to mortgage

HSK 5 #1775

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1775th character
Radical ⼿ (64.5)
Strokes 8
Index # 965

Definitions

押 yā
  1. 1. to detain in custody
  2. 2. to pawn
  3. 3. to mortgage
  4. 4. (literary) to sign
  5. 5. to escort and protect

Stroke order

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Words containing 押

Word Meaning
deposit; down payment
to provide (an asset) as security for a loan
to imprison; to lock up (in jail)
to detain; to hold in custody; to seize property
to rhyme; sometimes written yā yùn
to keep sb in detention; in custody
to send under escort; to transport a detainee
to detain; detention; to take into custody
to escort (goods or funds); to convey under guard
security (property held against a loan); mortgaged property
to arrest; to take into custody
to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc)
to detain; to take into custody; to imprison temporarily
to sign; to make one's mark
collateral (finance)
to escort (goods) during transportation
signature (in grass-style writing)
mortgage loan
mortgage loan
mortgage crisis
mortgage crisis
(fig.) to gamble on; to take one's chance
(fig.) to gamble on; to take one's chance
to rhyme with level tones in poetry
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