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押金

yā jīn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

押金 (yā jīn) means "deposit". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 押金 means

1. deposit
2. down payment

The characters in 押金

• 押yāto mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals

Example sentences

• 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.

Where 押金 is taught

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

Go deeper

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