Chinese symbol for “hostage”
人质
rén zhì
Traditional: 人質
hostage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hostage is 人质 (rén zhì), defined as: hostage.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hostage”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 人质.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 人口 | rén kǒu | population; people |
| 个人 (個人) | gè rén | an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own |
| 人员 (人員) | rén yuán | staff; crew |
| 质量 (質量) | zhì liàng | (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence) |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hostage”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.