抵押

dǐyā

verb HSK 7-9 #6,845

Meanings

To pledge as security — to mortgage.

他用房子做抵押贷款。

Tāyòng fángzi zuò dǐyā dàikuǎn.

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

这套房子已经抵押给银行了。

Zhè tàofáng zi yǐjīng dǐyā gěi yínháng le.

This house has already been mortgaged to the bank.

他把车抵押了换钱。

Tā bǎ chē dǐyā le huànqián.

He pledged his car for money.

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