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抑 yì

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抑 yì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yì | yi4
English translation
to restrain
to restrict
to keep down
or
to curb, to hinder; to keep down, to repress

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About 抑 yì

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

抑 yì

Contains the radical

扌 shǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

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Etymology of 抑 yì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌卬

Semantic compound

扌 shǒu

Phonetic compound

卬 áng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 印 Yìn represents the sound. Originally written as 印 Yìn or 色 sè .

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Example sentences using 抑 yì

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OEA发出 fā chū 饥饿 jīè 抑制 yì zhì 信息 xìnxī 到 dào 大脑 dà nǎo ,增加 zēngjiā 饱 bǎo 胀 zhàng 感 gǎn .

OEA sends hunger - curbing messages to the brain to increase feelings of fullness.

有 yǒu 人 rén 发现 fāxiàn ,钙 gài 能 Néng 抑制 yì zhì 黄瓜 huáng guā 胚轴的 de 伸长 shēn cháng .

It was found that calcium reduced elongation of cucumber hypocotyls.

小 xiǎo 剂量 jì liàng 可 kě 抑制 yì zhì 唾液 tuò yè 分泌 fēnmì 、支气管 zhī qì guǎn 分泌 fēnmì 及 jí 出 chū 汗 hán .

Small doses depress salivary and bronchial secretion and sweating.

那 Nā 男孩 nán hái 因 yīn 跛 bǒ 脚 jiǎo 被 bèi 人 rén 讥笑 jīxiào , 变 biàn 得 dé 羞怯 xiū qiè 而 ér 压抑 yāyì .

Having been laughed at for his lameness, the boy became shy and inhibited.

她 tā 是不是 shì bù shì 漏掉 lòu diào 了 le 什么 shénme 重要 zhòngyào 的 de 东西 dōngxī ，抑或 yì huò 这 zhè 只是 zhǐ shì 瞎猜 xiā cāi 呢 ne ？

Had she missed something important, or was this just a non sequitur?

Words with 抑 yì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
抑制 yì zhì to inhibit抑制 yì zhì
压抑 yāyì oppressive壓抑
抑郁 yì yù depressed抑鬱
抑郁症 yì yù zhèng clinical depression抑鬱症
抑或 yì huò or抑或 yì huò
抑 yì or抑 yì
抑制作用 yì zhì zuò yòng inhibition抑制作用 yì zhì zuò yòng
抑制剂 yì zhì jì suppressant抑制劑
平抑 píng yì to stabilize平抑 píng yì
抑止 yì zhǐ to supress抑止 yì zhǐ
抑扬顿挫 yì yáng dùn cuò cadence抑揚頓挫
抑素 yì sù chalone (protein inhibiting cell proliferation)抑素 yì sù
抑扬 yì yáng intonation抑揚
贬抑 biǎn yì to belittle貶抑
阻抑 zǔ yì to impede阻抑 zǔ yì
遏抑 è yì to suppress遏抑 è yì
扶弱抑强 fú ruò yì qiáng to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor扶弱抑強
抑郁不平 yì yù bù píng in a state of depression (idiom)抑鬱不平
顿挫抑扬 dùn cuò yì yáng cadence頓挫抑揚

抑 yì Decomposition & Compounds

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抑 yì Decomposition

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