压 yā
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
压抑
yāyì
to repress; oppressive; stifling
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 长期被压抑的情绪若得不到疏导，最终可能以更激烈的方式爆发。 Chángqī bèi yāyì de qíngxù ruò dé bù dào shūdǎo, zuìzhōng kěnéng yǐ gèng jīliè de fāngshì bàofā. Emotions repressed over a long period, if not properly guided, may eventually erupt in a more intense form.
- 房间里空气不流通，让人感到十分压抑。 Fángjiān lǐ kōngqì bù liútōng, ràng rén gǎndào shífēn yāyì. The air in the room is stuffy; it makes people feel very stifled.
- 他压抑住心中的愤怒，没有当场发作。 Tā yāyì zhù xīnzhōng de fènnù, méiyǒu dāngchǎng fāzuò. He repressed the anger in his heart and did not flare up on the spot.
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
- 压迫 yāpò to oppress; to press against