HSK 6 · Society

绑架 bǎngjià “to kidnap” in Chinese

Traditional 綁架

What 绑架 means

  1. to kidnap
  2. kidnapping
  3. to abduct
  4. to hijack
  5. abduction

How to say 绑架

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale绑bǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale架jià4th tone, falling

绑架 in a sentence

  1. 我被外星人绑架了。

    Wǒ bèi wàixīngrén bǎngjià le.

    I was abducted by aliens.

    Sentence #435364 from Tatoeba

How 绑架 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 绑 (bǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
绑bǎngto tie
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 邦country · bāngSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 邦 (bāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǎng.

The character 架 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
架jiàto support
  • 加to add to · jiāSound part
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 加 (jiā) hints at the sound. Compare it with jià.

How to write 绑架

绑 9 strokes · 架 9 strokes

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绑架 (bǎngjià) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 绑架 (bǎngjià). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 绑架

Words with 绑

捆绑kǔnbǎng · to tie up

Words with 架

吵架chǎojià · to quarrel书架shūjià · bookshelf打架dǎjià · to fight框架kuàngjià · frame

More words: Society & Law

案件ànjiàn · legal case拜年bàinián · to give New Year greetings颁布bānbù · to promulgate颁发bānfā · to award包庇bāobì · to shield (wrongdoing)报警bàojǐng · to call the police暴力bàolì · violence保卫bǎowèi · to defend

FAQs

绑架 (bǎngjià) means “to kidnap” or “kidnapping”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǎngjià: bǎng with a 3rd tone, then jià with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 绑架 is written 綁架. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bangjia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 绑架 from the suggestions. Typing bangjia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
绑架 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.