压抑 meaning in English
to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive
Meaning of 压抑
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yāyì
- to constrain or repress emotions
- oppressive
- stifling
- depressing
- repression
压抑 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我无法压抑心中的怒火。
I couldn't keep my anger down.
汤姆没法压抑自己的怒火了。
Tom couldn't hold back his anger.
Stroke order for each character
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压 yā · to press · 6 strokes
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抑 yì · to curb · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 压抑.
| 压力 | yālì | pressure |
| 压迫 | yāpò | to oppress; to repress |
| 压制 | yāzhì | to suppress; to inhibit |
| 血压 | xuèyā | blood pressure |
| 抑制 | yìzhì | to inhibit; to keep down |
| 抑郁 | yìyù | depressed; despondent; gloomy |
| 施压 | shīyā | to pressure |
| 抑郁症 | yìyùzhèng | clinical depression |
| 压缩 | yāsuō | to compress; compression |
| 挤压 | jǐyā | to squeeze; to compress; (fig.) to crowd out; to put pressure on |
| 高压 | gāoyā | (physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure |
| 减压 | jiǎnyā | to reduce pressure; to relax |
Questions about 压抑
What does 压抑 mean?
压抑 (yāyì) means "to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 压抑?
压抑 is made of 2 characters: 压 (6 strokes), 抑 (7 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 压抑 an HSK word?
Yes. 压抑 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 压抑 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 压抑 is written 壓抑.