# 扣押 (kòuyā)

In Mandarin Chinese, 扣押 (kòuyā) means “to detain; to seize; to impound”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to detain; to seize; to impound
- Pinyin: kòuyā (kou4 ya1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 警方扣押了嫌疑人的车辆。
  Jǐngfāng kòuyāle xiányírén de chēliàng.
  The police seized the suspect's vehicle.

## Characters

- [扣](https://hanziro.com/word/kou-button/) (kòu): to button; to deduct
- [押](https://hanziro.com/word/ya-pawn/) (yā): to pawn; to pledge

https://hanziro.com/word/kou-ya-detain/

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