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劫持

劫持 (jié chí): Kidnap / abduct (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

劫持 consists of 2 characters.

to rob, plunder; calamity, disaster

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

to hold, to grasp, to maintain

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

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Word Info

Pinyinjié chí

MeaningKidnap / abduct

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxVerb

Word劫持

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3.

How to Use 劫持 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 劫持 with other words naturally.

Verb + Object

jié劫

chí持

rén人

zhì质

neutral

take hostages

jié劫

chí持

fēi飞

jī机

neutral

hijack an airplane

Adverb + Verbwith成功

chéng成

gōng功

jié劫

chí持

Passive + Verbwith被

bèi被

jié劫

chí持

neutral

be hijacked

4.

Example Sentences with 劫持

huài坏

rén人

jié劫

chí持

le了

fēi飞

jī机

neutral

successfully hijack

。

Bad people hijacked the plane.

kǒng恐

bù怖

fēn分

zǐ子

qǐ企

tú图

jié劫

chí持

yóu油

lún轮

yǐ以

lè勒

suǒ索

jù巨

é额

shú赎

jīn金

。

Terrorists attempted to hijack the oil tanker to extort a huge ransom.

nán难

dào道

tā他

men们

zhēn真

de的

gǎn敢

zài在

guāng光

tiān天

huà化

rì日

zhī之

xià下

jié劫

chí持

rén人

zhì质

ma吗

？

Do they really dare to abduct hostages in broad daylight?

hēi黑

kè客

jié劫

chí持

le了

gōng公

sī司

de的

diàn电

nǎo脑

xì系

tǒng统

，

yāo要

qiú求

zhī支

fù付

shú赎

jīn金

。

Hackers hijacked the company's computer system and demanded a ransom.

jǐng警

fāng方

xùn迅

sù速

xíng行

dòng动

，

chéng成

gōng功

zǔ阻

zhǐ止

le了

zhè这

qǐ起

wèi未

suì遂

de的

jié劫

chí持

shì事

jiàn件

。

The police acted swiftly and successfully prevented this attempted hijacking.

tā他

cóng从

wèi未

xiǎng想

guò过

zì自

jǐ己

huì会

bèi被

juàn卷

rù入

yì一

chǎng场

lí离

qí奇

de的

jié劫

chí持

àn案

zhōng中

。

He never imagined he would be involved in a bizarre kidnapping case.

zài在

tán谈

pàn判

zhōng中

，

duì对

fāng方

shì试

tú图

jié劫

chí持

huà话

tí题

，

zhuǎn转

yí移

wǒ我

men们

de的

zhù注

yì意

lì力

。

During the negotiation, the other party tried to hijack the topic to divert our attention.

tīng听

shuō说

nà那

jià架

bèi被

jié劫

chí持

de的

háng航

bān班

yǐ已

jīng经

ān安

quán全

jiàng降

luò落

zài在

bèi备

jiàng降

jī机

chǎng场

le了

。

I heard that the hijacked flight has safely landed at an alternate airport.

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