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抑

yì

HSK 6 Character

What 抑 means

1. to restrain
2. to restrict
3. to keep down
4. or

Example sentences

• 她抑郁了。
  Tā yìyù le.
  She's in a depression.
• 她有时变得心情抑郁。
  Tā yǒushí biànde xīnqíng yìyù.
  She sometimes goes into a mood of depression.
• 我无法压抑心中的怒火。
  Wǒ wúfǎ yāyì xīnzhōng de nùhuǒ.
  I couldn't keep my anger down.
• 汤姆没法压抑自己的怒火了。
  Tāngmǔ méifǎ yāyì zìjǐ de nùhuǒ le.
  Tom couldn't hold back his anger.
• 石楠花有助于抑制花园里的杂草。
  Heathers help to suppress weeds in your garden.
• Jim抑制住了怒火，避免了一场斗争。
  Jim yìzhì zhù le nùhuǒ, bìmiǎn le yī chǎng dòuzhēng.
  Jim was able to hold back his anger and avoid a fight.

Words starting with 抑

• 抑制yì zhìto inhibit; to keep down; to suppress
• 抑郁yì yùdepressed; despondent; gloomy
• 抑郁症yì yù zhèngclinical depression
• 抑或yì huòor; could it be that...?
• 抑且yì qiě(literary) moreover; in addition
• 抑塞yì sèto repress; gloomy
• 抑扬yì yángmodulation (rising and falling pitch); intonation; a cadence
• 抑止yì zhǐto supress; to restrain
• 抑素yì sùchalone (protein inhibiting cell proliferation)
• 抑制剂yì zhì jìsuppressant; inhibitor
• 抑扬格yì yáng géiambic
• 抑制作用yì zhì zuò yònginhibition
• 抑郁不平yì yù bù píngin a state of depression (idiom)
• 抑扬顿挫yì yáng dùn cuòsee 顿挫抑扬

Words containing 抑

• 压抑yā yìto constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling
• 平抑píng yìto stabilize; to keep (prices, vermin etc) under control
• 自抑zì yìto control oneself
• 阻抑zǔ yìto impede; to check; to inhibit
• 扬抑格yáng yì gétrochaic
• 扶弱抑强fú ruò yì qiángto support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor
• 笑不可抑xiào bù kě yìto laugh irrepressibly
• 重农抑商zhòng nóng yì shāngeconomic doctrine and policy in traditional China of emphasizing agriculture and…
• 共模抑制比gòng mó yì zhì bǐ(electronics) common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR)
• 抗抑郁药kàng yì yù yàoantidepressant
• 产后抑郁chǎn hòu yì yùpostpartum depression
• 产后抑郁症chǎn hòu yì yù zhèngpostpartum depression
• 遏抑è yìto suppress; to restrain
• 贬抑biǎn yìto belittle; to disparage; to demean
• 女性贬抑nǚ xìng biǎn yìmisogyny
• 男性贬抑nán xìng biǎn yìmisandry
• 顿挫抑扬dùn cuò yì yángcadence; modulation
• 冤抑yuān yìto suffer injustice
• 躁狂抑郁症zào kuáng yì yù zhèngmanic depression

Characters that look like 抑

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

• 押yāto mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody
• 仰yǎngto face upward; to look up; to admire
• 拆chāito tear open; to tear down; to tear apart
• 抨pēngattack; impeach
• 炜wěiglowing; bright; brilliant
• 狎xiá(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously

Sounds the same

Read yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 亦also
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• 译to translate; to interpret
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• 义justice; righteousness; meaning
• 益benefit; profit; advantage
• 裔(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔; (literary) distant lands