人 质

rénzhì

“Hostage” in Chinese is 人质 (rénzhì).

Meaning

hostage

Example

罪犯没有放人质们走。

The criminal didn't let the hostages go.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

rénHSK 12 strokesperson; people zhìHSK 48 strokescharacter

More HSK 7-9 words

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Not to be confused with: 任职 (rènzhí, to hold a post; to take office) · 认知 (rènzhī, cognition)