压 (壓) yā

1. yā verb to press
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '壓' v 1; Kroll 2015 '壓' 1; NCCED '压' 1; Unihan '壓')
2. yā verb to oppress
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Especially using the threat of military or physical force (Guoyu '壓' v 2; Kroll 2015 '壓' 1a; NCCED '压' 3; Unihan '壓')
3. yā noun pressure
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 压力 (Guoyu '壓' n; NCCED '压' 9; Unihan '壓')
4. yā verb to cover
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '压' 2)
5. yā verb to restrain; to control; to stabilize
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 使稳定 (Guoyu '壓' v 4; Kroll 2015 '壓' 1b; NCCED '压' 4)
6. yā verb to prevail; to surpass
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 超越 (Guoyu '壓' v 6; NCCED '压' 5)
7. yā verb to approach; to draw close to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 迫近; for example, the idiom 大军压境 'a huge military force near the border' (Guoyu '壓' v 3; Kroll 2015 '壓' 2; NCCED '压' 6)
8. yā verb to shelve; to lay aside
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 搁置 (Guoyu '壓' v 5; NCCED '压' 7)
9. yā verb to take a risk
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '压' 8)
10. yā noun fluid pressure
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Physics
    Notes: (NCCED '压' 9; Unihan '壓')

Contained in

• 高压线(高壓線) high tension power line
• 压垮(壓垮) to cause to collapse under the weight; to overwhelm
• 高气压(高氣壓) high atmospheric pressure
• 脊椎指压治疗师(脊椎指壓治療師) chiropractor
• 低压带(低壓帶) low-pressure zone; depression (meteorology)
• 气压计(氣壓計) barometer
• 模压(模壓) mold pressing
• 地面气压(地面氣壓) ground pressure
• 渗透压(滲透壓) osmotic pressure
• 镇压(鎮壓) to suppress; to quell ; to push harder
• 液压传动(液壓傳動) hydraulic drive; hydraulic transmission
• 压台戏(壓臺戲) last item on a show; grand finale
• 乌压压(烏壓壓) forming a dense mass
• 压伏(壓伏) to compel somebody to obey; to force into submission; to subjugate
• 失调电压(失調電壓) offset voltage
• 压克力(壓克力) acrylic
• 心脏收缩压(心臟收縮壓) systolic blood pressure
• 压倒(壓倒) to tip over ; to overwhelm; overpower
• 压花(壓花) to emboss; coining; knurling
• 低压(低壓) low pressure ; low voltage
• 低气压(低氣壓) low pressure; depression
• 扶正压邪(扶正壓邪) to uphold good and suppress evil
• 加压釜(加壓釜) pressure chamber; pressurized cauldron
• 压岁钱(壓歲錢) money given to children as new year present
• 压制(壓制) to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
• 压力(壓力) pressure; force ; pressure; normal stress ; pressure; influence; intimidation ; the feeling of pressure; stress
• 秤砣虽小压千斤(秤砣雖小壓千斤) although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds; apparently insignificant details can have a large impact
• 打压(打壓) to suppress; to beat down
• 法压壶(法壓壺) French press; press pot
• 高压氧疗法(高壓氧療法) hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)
• 压碎(壓碎) to crush
• 压住(壓住) to press down; to crush down; to restrain (anger); to keep down (voice)
• 强压(強壓) to oppress
• 压力锅(壓力鍋) pressure cooker
• 压线钳(壓線鉗) crimping pliers; amp pliers
• 积压(積壓) to accumulate; to pile up; to overstock
• 压酒(壓酒) to brew wine ; to urge somebody to drink alcohol
• 压阵(壓陣) to bring up the rear; to provide support; to hold the lines
• 压力山大(壓力山大) (jocularly) to be under great pressure
• 膨压(膨壓) turgor pressure
• 变压器(變壓器) transformer
• 减压(減壓) to reduce pressure; to relax
• 抗压(抗壓) to resist pressure or stress
• 高压手段(高壓手段) heavy handed; high pressure tactics
• 被压迫人民(被壓迫人民) the oppressed people
• 艺多不压身(藝多不壓身) it's always good to have more skills
• 压场(壓場) to hold the attention of an audience; to serve as the finale to a show
• 压舌板(壓舌板) tongue depressor; spatula

Also contained in

有损压缩 、 大气压 、 解压缩

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Truncated for common words

• 第三十三回 Chapter 33 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 17
• 第十四回 Chapter 14 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 7
• 第八回 Chapter 8 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 5
• 卷六十七 志第二十 五行五 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Five Elements 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
• 卷一百四十九 志第一百〇二 輿服一 Volume 149 Treatises 102: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
• 卷一百六十八 志第一百二十一 職官八 Volume 168 Treatises 121: Offical Posts 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
• 卷一百九十六 列傳第八十四 張璁 桂萼 方獻夫 夏言 Volume 196 Biographies 84: Zhang Cong, Gui E, Fang Xianfu, Xia Yan History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
• 卷四十三　志第二十四:　輿服上 天子車輅、皇后妃嬪車輦、皇太子車制、王公以下車制及鞍勒飾 輿服中 天子袞冕 視朝之服 皇后冠服 皇太子冠服 宗室及外戚並一品命婦 臣下朝服 祭服 公服 輿服下 衣服通制 Volume 43 Treatises 24: Carriages and Clothing 1 - Emperor's Carriages, Empress' and Consorts' Carriages; Crown Prince's Carriages; Princes, Dukes, and below Carriages and Saddlery; Carriages and Clothing 2 - Emperors' Robes and Crowns; Clothing for those Accompanying the Emperor; Empresses' Crown and Clothing; Crown Princes' Crown and Clothing; Dress for the Imperial Clan, Families of Imperial Consorts, and Titled Nobility; Court Dress for Officials; Ceremonial Clothing; Official Clothing; Carriages and Clothing 3 - Tailoring History of Jin 金史 — count: 4
• 第三十四回 Chapter 34 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4

Collocations

• 摈压 (擯壓) 擯壓窮巷 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十二 蜀書十二　　杜周杜許孟來尹李譙郤傳 Volume 42: Book of Shu 12 - Biographies of Du, Zhou, Du, Xu, Meng, Lai, Yin, Li, Qiao, and Xi — count: 7
• 晨压 (晨壓) 楚晨壓晉軍而陳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 7
• 压杀 (壓殺) 盡壓殺臥者 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《外戚世家》 Houses of the External Relatives — count: 7
• 崩压 (崩壓) 崩壓殺數百人 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十七下 外戚傳 Volume 97a: The Empresses and Imperial Affines 2 — count: 6
• 压卵 (壓卵) 泰山壓卵 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷七十一 列傳第四十一 孫惠 熊遠 王鑒 陳頵 高崧 Volume 71 Biographies 41: Sun Hui; Xiong Yuan; Wang Jian; Chen Yun; Gao Song — count: 6
• 压纽 (壓紐) 壓紐 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《楚世家》 House of Chu — count: 5
• 压杀人 (壓殺人) 壓殺人眾 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九 元帝紀 Volume 9: Annals of Emperor Yuan — count: 5
• 山压 (山壓) 回山壓卵 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十五 列傳第五十五 劉毅 諸葛長民 何無忌 檀憑之 魏詠之 Volume 85 Biographies 55: Liu Yi; Zhuge Changmin; He Wuji; Tan Pingzhi; Wei Yongzhi — count: 4
• 压额 (壓額) 或用方材壓額及踝脛 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷九十四 列傳第五十四 恩倖 Volume 94 Biographies 54: En Xing — count: 4
• 压脚 (壓腳) 夜夢星墜壓脚 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷84 儒林:梁越 盧醜 張偉 梁祚 平恆 陳奇 常爽 劉獻之 Volume 84: Renowned Confucians - Liang Yue, Lu Chou, Zhang Wei, Liang Zuo, Ping Heng, Chen Qi, Chang Shuang, Liu Xianzhi — count: 4