压 yā
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
压缩
yāsuō
to compress
Characters in this word
缩 suō
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 宿 to stop, to rest, to lodge
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 为了节省空间，我把照片压缩后再上传。 Wèile jiéshěng kōngjiān, wǒ bǎ zhàopiàn yāsuō hòu zài shàngchuán. To save space, I compressed the photos before uploading them.
- 这个文件太大了，你先压缩一下再发给我吧。 Zhè ge wénjiàn tài dà le, nǐ xiān yāsuō yíxià zài fā gěi wǒ ba. This file is too big, so compress it first and then send it to me.
- 公司决定压缩开支，把预算减少一成。 Gōngsī juédìng yāsuō kāizhī, bǎ yùsuàn jiǎnshǎo yì chéng. The company decided to cut its expenses and reduce the budget by ten percent.
Related words
- 压 yā to press down
- 压力 yālì pressure; stress
- 减压 jiǎnyā to reduce pressure
- 血压 xuèyā blood pressure
- 高血压 gāoxuèyā high blood pressure; hypertension
- 高压 gāoyā high pressure; coercive pressure; high voltage
- 挤压 jǐyā to squeeze; to compress; to put pressure on
- 气压 qìyā atmospheric pressure; air pressure
- 施压 shīyā to exert pressure
- 压倒 yādǎo to overwhelm; to overpower; to crush
- 压迫 yāpò to oppress; to press against
- 压抑 yāyì to repress; oppressive; stifling