# 押金 (yājīn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 押金 (yājīn) means “deposit (money)”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: deposit (money)
- Pinyin: yājīn (ya1 jin1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 租房子通常需要交押金。
  Zū fángzi tōngcháng xūyào jiāo yājīn.
  Renting an apartment usually requires paying a deposit.

## Characters

- [押](https://hanziro.com/word/ya-pawn/) (yā): to pawn; to pledge
- [金](https://hanziro.com/word/jin-gold/) (jīn): gold; golden

https://hanziro.com/word/ya-jin-deposit/

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