抵押

dǐyā

verb HSK 7-9 #6,845

Meanings

To pledge as security - to mortgage.

HSK 2

这套房子已经抵押给银行了。

Zhè tào fángzi yǐjīng dǐyā gěi yínháng le.

This house has already been mortgaged to the bank.

HSK 3

他把车抵押了换钱。

Tā bǎ chē dǐyā le huàn qián.

He pledged his car for money.

HSK 5

他用房子做抵押贷款。

Tā yòng fángzi zuò dǐyā dàikuǎn.

He took out a mortgage loan using his house as collateral.

usage

抵押 can be a verb (抵押房子, mortgage a house) or a noun modifier (抵押贷款, mortgage loan; 抵押品, collateral).

抵 dǐ

押 yā