"Hostage" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 人质 | rén zhì | hostage |   |
| 质 |  zhì | character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2] | |
| 肉票 | ròu piào | hostage | |
| 质子 | zhì zǐ | proton (positively charged nuclear particle) / a prince sent to be held as a hostage in a neighbouring state in ancient China | |
| 撕票 | sī piào | lit. to tear the ticket / to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom) | |
