挤 jǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 齐 even, uniform, of equal length
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
挤压
jǐyā
to squeeze; to compress; to put pressure on
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
- 资本大量涌入核心城市，进一步挤压了年轻人的居住空间。 Zīběn dàliàng yǒngrù héxīn chéngshì, jìnyībù jǐyā le niánqīngrén de jūzhù kōngjiān. A large influx of capital into core cities has further squeezed the living space of young people.
- 行李箱被其他东西挤压得变了形。 Xínglǐxiāng bèi qítā dōngxi jǐyā de biàn le xíng. The suitcase was squashed out of shape by the other things.
- 公交车上人太多，我被挤压在门边，几乎不能呼吸。 Gōngjiāochē shang rén tài duō, wǒ bèi jǐyā zài ménbiān, jīhū bù néng hūxī. The bus was so crowded that I was squeezed against the door and could hardly breathe.
Related words
- 挤 jǐ to squeeze; crowded
- 拥挤 yōngjǐ crowded; to crowd
- 压 yā to press down
- 压力 yālì pressure; stress
- 减压 jiǎnyā to reduce pressure
- 血压 xuèyā blood pressure
- 压缩 yāsuō to compress
- 高血压 gāoxuèyā high blood pressure; hypertension
- 高压 gāoyā high pressure; coercive pressure; high voltage
- 气压 qìyā atmospheric pressure; air pressure
- 施压 shīyā to exert pressure
- 压倒 yādǎo to overwhelm; to overpower; to crush