# 人质 (rénzhì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 人质 (rénzhì) means “hostage”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: hostage
- Pinyin: rénzhì (ren2 zhi4)
- Traditional: 人質
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 警方成功解救了所有人质。
  Jǐngfāng chénggōng jiějiùle suǒyǒu rénzhì.
  The police successfully rescued all the hostages.

## Characters

- [人](https://hanziro.com/word/ren-person/) (rén): person; people
- 质 (zhì): character; nature

https://hanziro.com/word/ren-zhi-hostage/

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