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人质

rén zhì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 人質

人质 (rén zhì) means "hostage". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 人质 means

1. hostage

The characters in 人质

• 人rénperson; people
• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality

Example sentences

• 人质将在明天获释。
  Rénzhì jiāng zài míngtiān huòshì.
  The hostages will be released tomorrow.
• 罪犯没有放人质们走。
  Zuìfàn méiyǒu fàng rénzhìmen zǒu.
  The criminal didn't let the hostages go.
• 有些人质疑他的诚实。
  Yǒuxiērén zhìyí tā de chéngshí.
  Some people questioned his honesty.
• 俄罗斯对在人质事件中牺牲的人们表示哀悼。
  éluósī duì zài rénzhì shìjiàn zhōng xīshēng de rénmen biǎoshì āidào.
  Russia expresses regret for those lost in the hostage incident.

Sounds the same

Read rén zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 人治rule of man

Where 人质 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · rén–rèn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read rén zhì correctly.
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