押

押 in English

yā verb: to mortgage / to pawn / to detain in custody / to escort and protect / (literary) to sign

Examples

2018 年 6 月被捕的巴勒斯坦儿童被关押在奥弗监狱。

The Palestinian children that were arrested in June 2018 are being held in the Ofer prison.
你必须付三个月的房租作为押金。

You have to give three months' rent as a deposit.
全押。

All-in.
咦，押韵喔！

Hey, that rhymes!
我在這匹馬上押五英鎊的賭注。

I bet five pounds on the horse.
缅甸民主运动领袖昂山素姬已遭拘押逾十年。

The leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in detainment for over 10 years.
萨米的包被警察扣押了。

Sami's bag was seized by police.
难以抵抗给句子押韵的愿望。

It's hard to resist the wish to make the sentence rhyme.