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抑制

yì zhì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

抑制 (yì zhì) means "to inhibit". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 抑制 means

1. to inhibit
2. to keep down
3. to suppress

The characters in 抑制

• 抑yìto restrain; to restrict; to keep down
• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate

Example sentences

• 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.
• 当她看到那件衣服, 她无法抑制自己的笑声。
  Dāng tā kàn dào nà jiàn yīfu, tā wúfǎ yìzhì zìjǐ de xiàoshēng.
  She could hardly keep from laughing when she saw the dress.
• 在青春期，我厌倦生活，并持续陷入自杀的边缘。然而，在那期间，对数学知识的渴望，使我抑制住了那些负面情绪。
  Zài qīngchūnqī, wǒ yànjuàn shēnghuó, bìng chíxù xiànrù zìshā de biānyuán. rán'ér, zài nà qījiān, duìshù xué zhīshi de kěwàng, shǐ wǒ yìzhì zhù le nàxiē fùmiàn qíngxù.
  In adolescence, I hated life and was continually on the verge of suicide, from which, however, I was restrained by the desire to know more mathematics.

Words starting with 抑制

• 抑制剂yì zhì jìsuppressant; inhibitor
• 抑制作用yì zhì zuò yònginhibition

Words containing 抑制

• 共模抑制比gòng mó yì zhì bǐ(electronics) common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR)

Sounds the same

Read yì zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 意志will; willpower; determination
• 益智to grow the intellect; Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine)
• 异质heterogeneous
• 逸致carefree mood

Where 抑制 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yì (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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