HSK 5 · Money

押金 yājīn “deposit” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 押金 means

  1. deposit
  2. bond
  3. down payment

How to say 押金

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale押yā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale金jīn1st tone, high and level

押金 in a sentence

  1. 你必须付三个月的房租作为押金。

    Nǐ bìxū fù sān ge yuè de fángzū zuòwéi yājīn.

    You have to pay three months’ rent as a bond.

    Sentence #2003190 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 押金 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 押 (yā) with each of its parts in a different colour
押yāto mortgage
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 甲part of the characterSound part
The character 金 (jīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
金jīngold
  • 人person · rén
  • 王king · wáng
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā

How to write 押金

押 8 strokes · 金 8 strokes

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

Words related to 押金

Words with 金

奖金jiǎngjīn · bonus现金xiànjīn · cash黄金huángjīn · gold资金zījīn · funds金属jīnshǔ · metal基金jījīn · fund金融jīnróng · finance

More words: Money & Economy

讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjià · to bargain投入tóurù · to put in投资tóuzī · investment消费xiāofèi · to consume优惠yōuhuì · preferential涨zhǎng · to rise (of prices账户zhànghù · bank account挣zhèng · to earn (money)

FAQs

押金 (yājīn) means “deposit” or “bond”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yājīn: yā with a 1st tone, then jīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 押金 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yajin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 押金 from the suggestions. Typing yajin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
押金 is an HSK 5 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.