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扣押

kòu yā

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

扣押 (kòu yā) means "to detain; to hold in custody; to distrain". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 扣押 means

1. to detain
2. to hold in custody
3. to distrain
4. to seize property

The characters in 扣押

• 扣kòuto fasten; to button; button
• 押yāto mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody

Example sentences

• 萨米的包被警察扣押了。
  Sàmǐ de bāo bèi jǐngchá kòuyā le.
  Sami's bag was seized by police.

Sounds the same

Read kòu yā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 扣压to withhold; to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)

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