xié
chí

HSK 7-9
common
verb

Meaning of 挟持

挟持 means to seize and physically restrain someone (often a good person seized by villains); to coerce; to force into compliance by using power or threats. Pronounced xié chí. HSK 7-9.

  • to seize and physically restrain someone (often a good person seized by villains)
  • to coerce; to force into compliance by using power or threats

Definitions & Examples

Dǎi
xié
chí
le
míng
rén
zhì
 

The criminal seized and held a female hostage.

bèi
liǎng
méng
miàn
rén
cóng
xiàng
zi
xié
chí
zǒu
le
 

He was seized and taken away by two masked men from the alley.

Jǐng
chá
chōng
jìn
jiě
jiù
le
bèi
xié
chí
de
diàn
yuán
 

The police stormed in and rescued the shop assistant who had been seized.