压 yā
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
压迫
yāpò
to oppress; to press against
Characters in this word
迫 pò
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 白 white
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 长期压迫只会积累更深的怨恨，不可能换来真正的稳定。 Chángqī yāpò zhǐ huì jīlěi gèng shēn de yuànhèn, bù kěnéng huàn lái zhēnzhèng de wěndìng. Long-term oppression only accumulates deeper resentment; it cannot bring genuine stability.
- 长期压迫让人喘不过气来，怨恨一天天加深。 Chángqī yāpò ràng rén chuǎn bú guò qì lái, yuànhèn yì tiān tiān jiāshēn. Long-term oppression leaves people gasping for breath, and the resentment deepens day by day.
- 他感到胸口被什么东西压迫着，很不舒服。 Tā gǎndào xiōngkǒu bèi shénme dōngxi yāpò zhe, hěn bù shūfu. He felt as if something were pressing on his chest; it was very uncomfortable.
Related words
- 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
- 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
- 压抑 yāyì to repress; oppressive; stifling