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抵押

to mortgage

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Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

di3ya1 • dǐyā

Meaning

Primary

to mortgage

Alternatives

mortgage, mortgages, mortgaging, mortgaged

Mnemonic

抵押 To mortgage something is 押 to pawn it temporarily until you pay back the loan they give you, making you unable 抵 to resist paying the loan unless you want to loose what you mortgaged.

Usage

他 把 房子 抵押 给 银行。

He mortgaged the house to the bank.

我 不 想 抵押 我 的 车。

I don't want to mortgage my car.

银行 要求 他 抵押 一些 财物。

The bank required him to mortgage some property.