压 yā
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
压制
yāzhì
to suppress; to keep under control
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
- 他努力压制心里的怒火，没有说出难听的话。 Tā nǔlì yāzhì xīnlǐ de nùhuǒ, méiyǒu shuō chū nántīng de huà. He tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart and did not say anything hurtful.
- 这种药能压制疼痛，但不能根治疾病。 Zhè zhǒng yào néng yāzhì téngtòng, dàn bù néng gēnzhì jíbìng. This medicine can suppress the pain, but it cannot cure the illness.
- 父母不该压制孩子的想法，要多听他们说话。 Fùmǔ bù gāi yāzhì háizi de xiǎngfǎ, yào duō tīng tāmen shuōhuà. Parents should not suppress their children's ideas; they should listen to them more.
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