# 绑架 (bǎngjià)

In Mandarin Chinese, 绑架 (bǎngjià) means “to kidnap; to hijack”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to kidnap; to hijack
- Pinyin: bǎngjià (bang3 jia4)
- Traditional: 綁架
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 警察成功救出了被绑架的孩子。
  Jǐngchá chénggōng jiùchū le bèi bǎngjià de háizi.
  The police successfully rescued the kidnapped child.

## Characters

- [绑](https://hanziro.com/word/bang-tie-up/) (bǎng): to tie up; to bind
- [架](https://hanziro.com/word/jia-planes-pianos/) (jià): (measure word) for planes, pianos; rack

https://hanziro.com/word/bang-jia-kidnap/

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