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加压

jiā yā

2-character word Traditional 加壓

What 加压 means

1. to pressurize
2. to pile on pressure

The characters in 加压

• 加jiāto add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 压yāto press; to push down; to keep under (control)

Example sentences

• 将血压带 (或止血带) 套在手臂上，逐渐增加压力，直到前臂发绀，桡动脉搏动几乎消失。
  A blood-pressure band, or tourniquet, is placed about the arm, and the pressure increased until the forearm becomes cyanosed and the radial pulse is almost obliterated.

Words starting with 加压

• 加压釜jiā yā fǔpressure chamber; pressurized cauldron

Sounds the same

Read jiā yā, tone for tone, but written differently.

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