押 meaning in English

yā

to mortgage; to pawn

HSK 7-9verb8 strokes

Meaning of 押

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ在zài这zhè匹pǐ马mǎ上shàng押yā五wǔ英yīng镑bàng的de赌dǔ注zhù。

I bet five pounds on the horse.

萨sà米mǐ的de包bāo被bèi警jǐng察chá扣kòu押yā了le。

Sami's bag was seized by police.

2018 年nián 6 月yuè被bèi捕bǔ的de巴bā勒lè斯sī坦tǎn儿ér童tóng被bèi关guān押yā在zài奥ào弗fú监jiān狱yù。

The Palestinian children that were arrested in June 2018 are being held in the Ofer prison.

你nǐ必bì须xū付fù三sān个gè月yuè的de房fáng租zū作zuò为wéi押yā金jīn。

You have to give three months' rent as a deposit.

咦yí，押yā韵yùn喔ō！

Hey, that rhymes!

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Words that share a character with 押.

押金	yājīn	deposit; down payment
抵押	dǐyā	to provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral
扣押	kòuyā	to detain; to hold in custody
关押	guānyā	to imprison; to lock up (in jail)
押韵	yāyùn	to rhyme; sometimes written 壓韻\|压韵
押送	yāsòng	to convey (a prisoner or valuable items etc) under escort
羁押	jīyā	to detain; to take into custody
抵押品	dǐyāpǐn	security (property held against a loan); mortgaged property
收押	shōuyā	in custody; to keep sb in detention

What does 押 mean?

押 (yā) means "to mortgage; to pawn" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 押?

押 is made of 1 character: 押 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 押 an HSK word?

Yes. 押 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.