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壓

yā

press; oppress; crush; pressure

Strokes
17
Radical
土
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 压

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 压, the simplified form of 壓. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我有高血压。

    Wǒ yǒu gāo xuè yā

    I have high blood pressure.

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  • 我最近压力有点大。

    Wǒ zuì jìn yā lì yǒu diǎn dà

    I've been under a lot of pressure lately.

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  • 你怎么减压？

    Nǐ zěn me jiǎn yā

    How do you relieve stress?

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  • 我总是觉得压力很大。

    Wǒ zǒng shì jué de yā lì hěn dà

    I'm always under stress.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 压

  • 压力yā lì 1–4 pressure
  • 压yā 1to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure
  • 血压xuè yā 4–1 blood pressure
  • 压抑yā yì 1–4 to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
  • 压迫yā pò 1–4 to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics)
  • 压制yā zhì 1–4 to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
  • 压缩yā suō 1–1 to compress; compression
  • 镇压zhèn yā 4–1 suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell
  • 气压qì yā 4–1 atmospheric pressure; barometric pressure
  • 压榨yā zhà 1–4 to press; to squeeze; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing
  • 压岁钱yā suì qián 1–4–2money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
  • 高压gāo yā 1–1 high pressure; high-handed