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按捺

àn nà

2-character word

What 按捺 means

1. to restrain
2. to control

The characters in 按捺

• 按ànto press; to push; to leave aside or shelve
• 捺nàto press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…

Words starting with 按捺

• 按捺不住àn nà bu zhùto be unable to hold back

Sounds the same

Read àn nà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 按纳variant of 按捺

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read àn nà correctly.
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