押
yā HSK5

mortgage

押 yā
detain verb
to detain in custody or keep under arrest

警方将这名嫌疑人暂时押在拘留所。

jǐng​fāng jiāng zhè míng xián​yí​rén zàn​shí yā zài jū​liú​suǒ.

The police are holding the suspect temporarily in the detention center.

escort verb
to escort and protect, or to guard during transport

他坐在卡车后座负责押这批货。

tā zuò zài kǎ​chē hòu​zuò fù​zé yā zhè pī huò.

He sat in the back of the truck to escort the shipment.

mortgage verb
to mortgage, pawn, or provide something as collateral

他把房产证押在银行作为贷款担保。

tā bǎ fáng​chǎn​zhèng yā zài yín​háng zuò​wéi dài​kuǎn dān​bǎo.

He pledged his property deed to the bank as security for the loan.

sign verb
to sign one's name or place a mark on a document

他在这份契约上押了一个记号。

tā zài zhè fèn qì​yuē shàng yā le yī gè jì​hao.

He made a mark on this contract.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,775th most common 48.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,669th most common 33.2 per million appears in 15% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
14.2 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
15.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+62BC

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)