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押

yā

HSK 5 Character

What 押 means

1. to mortgage
2. to pawn
3. to detain in custody
4. to escort and protect
5. literaryto sign

Example sentences

• 全押。
  All-in.
• 咦，押韵喔！
  Yí, yāyùn ō!
  Hey, that rhymes!
• 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。
  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.

Words starting with 押

• 押金yā jīndeposit; down payment
• 押送yā sòngto convey (a prisoner or valuable items etc) under escort
• 押韵yā yùnto rhyme; sometimes written 压韵
• 押解yā jièto send away under escort (criminals, goods etc)
• 押宝yā bǎoto play yabao (a gambling game); (fig.) to gamble on; to take one's chance
• 押后yā hòuto adjourn; to defer
• 押注yā zhùto bet; to wager
• 押租yā zūrent deposit
• 押车yā chēto escort (goods) during transportation; to delay unloading (a truck, train etc)
• 押运yā yùnto escort (goods or funds); to convey under guard
• 押题yā tí(in one's study) to focus on the topics one speculates will appear on the exam
• 押沙龙Yā shā lóngAbsalom, third son of David, king of Israel (Old Testament)
• 押运员yā yùn yuánsupercargo (in maritime law); agent responsible for goods; an escort
• 押平声韵yā píng shēng yùnto restrict to even tone…

Words containing 押

• 关押guān yāto imprison; to lock up (in jail)
• 抵押dǐ yāto provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral
• 扣押kòu yāto detain; to hold in custody; to distrain
• 羁押jī yāto detain; to take into custody; detention
• 拘押jū yāto arrest; to take into custody
• 收押shōu yāin custody; to keep sb in detention
• 画押huà yāto sign; to make one's mark
• 监押jiān yāa jail; to imprison
• 看押kān yāto detain; to take into custody; to imprison temporarily
• 声押shēng yāto apply to a court for an arrest warrant
• 花押huā yāsignature (in grass-style writing); symbol used in place of a signature…
• 质押zhì yāto pledge (sth, usu. moveables, as security for a loan)
• 抵押品dǐ yā pǐnsecurity (property held against a loan); mortgaged property
• 抵押物dǐ yā wùcollateral (finance)
• 拘押营jū yā yíngdetention center; prison camp
• 抵押贷款dǐ yā dài kuǎnmortgage loan
• 次级抵押贷款cì jí dǐ yā dài kuǎnsubprime mortgage
• 非羁押性fēi jī yā xìngnoncustodial (sentence)
• 典押diǎn yāsee 典当

Characters built on 甲

These share the phonetic component 甲 (jiǎ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 闸zhásluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (colloquial) brake
• 鸭yāduck; (slang) male prostitute
• 呷gāused in 呷呷

Characters that look like 押

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 挪nuóto shift; to move
• 抑yìto restrain; to restrict; to keep down
• 肺fèilung
• 拌bànto mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad)
• 抨pēngattack; impeach
• 狎xiá(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously

Sounds the same

Read yā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 压to press; to push down; to keep under (control)
• 鸭duck; (slang) male prostitute
• 鸦crow
• 丫fork; branch; bifurcation
• 呀ah (used to express surprise); (onomatopoeia) creaking
• 哑(onomatopoeia) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk; variant of 呀
• 桠forking branch
• 垭(dialect) strip of land between hills; used in place names; also pr. yà
• 煆raging fire