DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

押

Mandarin · pinyin yā

to mortgage
to pawn
to detain in custody
to escort and protect
(literary) to sign

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

押: yā · mortgage, pledge; deposit; to pawn; to arrest, detain, guard

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1 · ya1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

1character link18same-tone records

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

押 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime · Wiktionary

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

aap3 · aat3 · haap6

Cantonese word readings for 押. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

(finance) to mortgage; to pledge; to pawn
to arrest; to detain; to guard; to take into custody
to send under escort; to accompany
signature; seal; mark
to sign; to seal; to mark (a document, contract, etc.)
to take charge of; to control
to stake; to bet
to rhyme
(Hokkien) to force; to compel; to coerce
a surname, Ya
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 壓 /压

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack