xié​chí HSK7

coerce

挟持 (挾持) xié​chí
coerce verb
to seize by the arms or hold someone under duress, often to force compliance

He was held on both sides by two big men and couldn't move.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.74 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.84 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT