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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yā | ya1
English translation
press; oppress; crush; pressure

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

Soil  crushed under pressure  yàn yàn also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

厭土

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yàn represents the sound.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
压力 yālì pressure壓力
to press
血压 xuèyā blood pressure血壓
压抑 yāyì oppressive壓抑
压迫 yāpò to oppress壓迫
高血压 gāo xuè yā hypertension高血壓
压缩 yāsuō to compress壓縮
高压 gāo yā high pressure高壓
电压 diàn yā voltage電壓
镇压 zhèn yā suppression鎮壓
施压 shī yā to pressure施壓
挤压 jǐ yā to squeeze擠壓
压制 yāzhì to suppress壓制
减压 jiǎn yā to relax減壓
气压 qìyā atmospheric pressure氣壓
压倒 yā dǎo to overwhelm壓倒
打压 dǎ yā to suppress打壓
压低 yā dī to lower (one's voice)壓低
变压器 biàn yā qì transformer變壓器
液压 yè yā hydraulic pressure液壓
积压 jī yā to pile up積壓
加压 jiā yā to pressurize加壓
压榨 yāzhà to press壓榨
降压 jiàng yā to lower one's blood pressure降壓
压岁钱 yāsuìqián money given to children as new year present壓歲錢

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