HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

挟持

xiéchí

Traditional: 挾持

to seize (sb) by the arms

HSK 7–9

Meaning of 挟持 in English

xiéchíHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #9918
  1. to seize (sb) by the arms
  2. to hold under duress; to abduct

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences