# 抵押 (dǐyā)

In Mandarin Chinese, 抵押 (dǐyā) means “to mortgage; to put up collateral”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to mortgage; to put up collateral
- Pinyin: dǐyā (di3 ya1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他把房子抵押给了银行。
  Tā bǎ fángzi dǐyā gěile yínháng.
  He mortgaged the house to the bank.

## Characters

- 抵 (dǐ): to press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand
- [押](https://hanziro.com/word/ya-pawn/) (yā): to pawn; to pledge

https://hanziro.com/word/di-ya-mortgage/

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