壓 (yā)
To press; to push down; pressure; stress.
How 壓 is written
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- Traditional
- 壓
- Simplified
- 压
壓 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- yā
- to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure
- yà
- in the first place; to crush
Common words using 壓
- 壓力 yālì
- pressure
- 壓抑 yāyì
- to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling
- 增壓 zēngyā
- to pressurize; to boost; to supercharge
- 壓倒 yādǎo
- to overwhelm; to overpower; overwhelming
- 壓制 yāzhì
- to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
- 壓扁 yābiǎn
- squash; squeeze
- 壓擠 yājǐ
- to squeeze out; to extrude
- 壓根 yàgēn
- from the start; absolutely; entirely
- 壓根兒 yàgēnr
- erhua variant of 壓根|压根[ya4 gen1]; from the start; absolutely
- 壓榨 yāzhà
- to press; to squeeze; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing
- 壓歲錢 yāsuìqián
- money given to children as new year present
- 壓縮 yāsuō
- to compress; compression
壓 in a sentence
最近工作壓力很大。
Zuìjìn gōngzuò yālì hěn dà.
“Work pressure is very high recently.”
How common is 壓?
壓 is the 755th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 84.2% of all running text.
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