减 jiǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 咸 all, together, united
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
减压
jiǎnyā
to reduce pressure
Characters in this word
压 yā
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他每天跑步半小时，用这种方式减压。 Tā měitiān pǎobù bàn xiǎoshí, yòng zhè zhǒng fāngshì jiǎnyā. He runs for half an hour every day and uses this method to relieve pressure.
- 听音乐是我减压的好办法。 Tīng yīnyuè shì wǒ jiǎnyā de hǎo bànfǎ. Listening to music is a good way for me to de-stress.
- 周末去公园散步，可以帮助上班族减压。 Zhōumò qù gōngyuán sànbù, kěyǐ bāngzhù shàngbānzú jiǎnyā. A weekend walk in the park can help office workers relieve stress.
Related words
- 减 jiǎn to reduce; to subtract
- 减肥 jiǎnféi to lose weight
- 减少 jiǎnshǎo to reduce; to decrease
- 减轻 jiǎnqīng to reduce; to ease
- 减弱 jiǎnruò to weaken, to diminish
- 减负 jiǎnfù to reduce burdens
- 减免 jiǎnmiǎn to reduce or exempt
- 减退 jiǎntuì to decline; to weaken
- 衰减 shuāijiǎn to attenuate; to weaken gradually
- 缩减 suōjiǎn to reduce; to cut back
- 削减 xuējiǎn to cut down; to reduce
- 压 yā to press down