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劫持

劫持

Chinese

		plunder	to grasp; to hold; support to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
simp. and trad. (劫持)		劫	持

Verb

劫持

to kidnap; to hijack; to abduct

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiéchí

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄔˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gip³ ci⁴
Min Nan (POJ): kiap-chhî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiéchí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄔˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyechyr
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gip³ ci⁴
  - Yale: gip chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gip⁸ tsi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kiːp̚³ t͡sʰiː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap-chhî
  - Tâi-lô: kiap-tshî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiapchii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiap̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕʰi¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰi²³/