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压

yā

HSK 4 Character Traditional 壓

What 压 means

1. to press
2. to push down
3. to keep under (control)
4. pressure

Other readings

压 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yàused in {压根儿|yà gēn r}; used in {压马路|yà mǎ lù}; used in {压板|yà bǎn}

Example sentences

• 我血压高。
  I have high blood pressure.
• 他向我施压。
  Tā xiàng wǒ shīyā.
  He pressured me.
• 我有高血压。
  Wǒ yǒu gāoxuèyā.
  I have high blood pressure.
• 你怎么减压？
  Nǐ zěnme jiǎnyā?
  How do you relieve stress?
• 你如何减压？
  Nǐ rúhé jiǎnyā?
  How do you relieve stress?
• 强宾不压主。
  A guest should not try to make himself superior to the host.

Words starting with 压

• 压力yā lìpressure
• 压抑yā yìto constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling
• 压迫yā pòto oppress; to repress; to constrict
• 压缩yā suōto compress; compression
• 压制yā zhìto suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
• 压岁钱yā suì qiánmoney given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
• 压榨yā zhàto press; to squeeze; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing
• 压根yà gēn(mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply
• 压低yā dīto lower (one's voice)
• 压倒yā dǎoto overwhelm; to overpower; overwhelming
• 压住yā zhùto press down; to crush down; to restrain (anger)
• 压死yā sǐto crush to death
• 压缩机yā suō jīcompactor; compressor
• 压垮yā kuǎto cause sth to collapse under the weight; (fig.) to overwhelm
• 压价yā jiàto depress prices
• 压场yā chǎngto hold the attention of an audience; to serve as the finale to a show
• 压实yā shíto compress; to compact
• 压强yā qiángpressure (physics)
• 压服yā fúto compel sb to obey; to force into submission; to subjugate
• 压板yā bǎnvise jaw; press board (in a machine)
• 压紧yā jǐnto compress
• 压线yā xiànpressure crease; fig. to toil for sb else's benefit; line ball (i.e. on the line)
• 压花yā huāto emboss; coining; knurling
• 压电yā diànpiezoelectricity (physics)

Words containing 压

• 镇压zhèn yāsuppression; repression; to suppress
• 血压xuè yāblood pressure
• 气压qì yāatmospheric pressure; barometric pressure
• 高血压gāo xuè yāhigh blood pressure; hypertension
• 高压gāo yā(physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure; high voltage
• 挤压jǐ yāto squeeze; to compress; (fig.) to crowd out; to put pressure on
• 电压diàn yāvoltage
• 积压jī yāto pile up; to accumulate without being dealt with
• 施压shī yāto pressure
• 变压器biàn yā qìtransformer
• 欺压qī yāto bully; to push around
• 重压zhòng yāhigh pressure; bearing a heavy weight
• 减压jiǎn yāto reduce pressure; to relax
• 液压yè yāhydraulic pressure
• 低压dī yālow pressure; low voltage
• 高压线gāo yā xiànhigh tension power line
• 降压jiàng yāto reduce the pressure (of a fluid); to lower one's blood pressure…
• 加压jiā yāto pressurize; to pile on pressure
• 占压zhàn yāto tie up (funds or resources etc that could otherwise be used)
• 增压zēng yāto pressurize; to boost; to supercharge
• 层压céng yālamination
• 打压dǎ yāto suppress; to beat down
• 指压zhǐ yāacupressure; shiatsu
• 按压àn yāto press; to push (a button)

Characters that look like 压

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 库kùwarehouse; storehouse; (file) library
• 瓜guāmelon; gourd; squash; (slang) a piece of gossip
• 尿niàoto urinate; urine
• 巫wūwitch; wizard; shaman
• 丕pīgrand
• 劦lièunending exertion

Sounds the same

Read yā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鸭duck; (slang) male prostitute
• 押to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody
• 鸦crow
• 丫fork; branch; bifurcation
• 呀ah (used to express surprise); (onomatopoeia) creaking
• 哑(onomatopoeia) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk; variant of 呀
• 桠forking branch
• 垭(dialect) strip of land between hills; used in place names; also pr. yà
• 煆raging fire