挾持 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 挟持 On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2. xiéchí ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄔˊ to seize (sb) by the arms to hold under duress to abduct Character by character 挾(xié)clasp under the arm 持(chí)hold A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT