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压制

yā zhì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 壓制

压制 (yā zhì) means "to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 压制 means

1. to suppress
2. to inhibit
3. to stifle

The characters in 压制

• 压yāto press; to push down; to keep under (control)
• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate

Example sentences

• 法国是在试图压制阿尔及利亚的发展吗？
  Fǎguó shì zài shìtú yāzhì ā'ěrjílìyà de fāzhǎn ma?
  Is France trying to suppress Algeria's development?

Where 压制 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yā zhì correctly.
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