抑 yì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 卬 lofty
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
抑制
yìzhì
to suppress, to inhibit
Characters in this word
制 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 药物只能暂时抑制症状，不能代替正式治疗。 Yàowù zhǐ néng zànshí yìzhì zhèngzhuàng, bù néng dàitì zhèngshì zhìliáo. Medicine can only temporarily suppress the symptoms; it cannot replace formal treatment.
- 他努力抑制自己的怒气，没有和对方争吵。 Tā nǔlì yìzhì zìjǐ de nùqì, méiyǒu hé duìfāng zhēngchǎo. He tried hard to hold back his anger and did not argue with the other person.
- 这种药能抑制细菌生长。 Zhè zhǒng yào néng yìzhì xìjūn shēngzhǎng. This medicine can inhibit the growth of bacteria.
Related words
- 压抑 yāyì to repress; oppressive; stifling
- 抑扬顿挫 yìyángdùncuò cadenced; rhythmically modulated
- 抑郁 yìyù depressed; melancholy
- 抑郁症 yìyùzhèng depression
- 制定 zhìdìng to make; to draw up
- 制度 zhìdù system
- 制造 zhìzào to make; to produce
- 制作 zhìzuò to make; to create
- 复制 fùzhì to copy
- 限制 xiànzhì to limit; limit
- 研制 yánzhì to develop
- 制订 zhìdìng to draw up; to make