压
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to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure
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Dict coverage rank #423 U+538B
How 压 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Soil 土 crushed under pressure 厂
How to remember it
pressure · Heisig RSH #164
土 soil + cliff + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 压
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 压力山大 | yā lì shān dà | (jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大|亚历山大[Ya4 li4 shan1 da4]) |
| 大气压力 | dà qì yā lì | atmospheric pressure |
| 地面气压 | dì miàn qì yā | ground pressure |
| 大气压 | dà qì yā | atmospheric pressure |
| 压电体 | yā diàn tǐ | piezo-electric |
| 高压电 | gāo yā diàn | high voltage |
| 压克力 | yā kè lì | (Tw) (loanword) acrylic |
| 东风压倒西风 | dōng fēng yā dǎo xī fēng | lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom); fig. one side prevails over the ot… |
| 白大衣高血压 | bái dà yī gāo xuè yā | white coat hypertension; white coat syndrome |
| 压马路 | yà mǎ lù | variant of 軋馬路|轧马路[ya4 ma3 lu4]; Taiwan pr. [ya1 ma3 lu4] |
| 高压线 | gāo yā xiàn | high tension power line |
| 以言代法，以权压法 | yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ | to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawl… |
| 压路机 | yā lù jī | road roller |
| 中压管 | zhōng yā guǎn | medium pressure tube; middle pressure hose (diving) |
| 大气压强 | dà qì yā qiáng | atmospheric pressure |
| 水压 | shuǐ yā | water pressure |
| 高血压 | gāo xuè yā | high blood pressure; hypertension |
| 压花 | yā huā | to emboss; coining; knurling |
| 气压 | qì yā | atmospheric pressure; barometric pressure |
| 压电 | yā diàn | piezoelectricity (physics) |