人
质

Hostage in Chinese: 人质 (rén zhì)

rén zhì

hostage

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 人質1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1hostage

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人
质

Zhuyin

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ㄖㄣˊ

rén

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄓˋ

zhì

ㄓ/ zhˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

人质

Simplified

人質

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 警察成功救出了所有的人质。

    jǐng chá chéng gōng jiù chū le suǒ yǒu de rén zhì。

    The police successfully rescued all the hostages.

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Related words

人

rén

person

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

别人

bié ren

other people

客人

kè rén

visitor

质量

zhì liàng

quality

本质

běn zhì

essence

敌人

dí rén

enemy

个人

gè rén

individual

工人

gōng rén

worker

人才

rén cái

talent

人口

rén kǒu

population

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