# 劫持 (jiéchí)

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

- Meaning: to hijack; to kidnap; to hold hostage
- Pinyin: jiéchí (jie2 chi2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 罪犯劫持了一架客机。
  Zuìfàn jiéchíle yī jià kèjī.
  The criminals hijacked a passenger plane.

## Characters

- [劫](https://hanziro.com/word/jie-rob/) (jié): to rob; to hijack
- [持](https://hanziro.com/word/chi-hold/) (chí): to hold; to maintain

https://hanziro.com/word/jie-chi-hijack/

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