HSK 6 · Society

压迫 yāpò “to oppress” in Chinese

Traditional 壓迫

What 压迫 means

  1. to oppress
  2. to press down on
  3. to repress
  4. to constrict
  5. oppression
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • stress (physics)

How to say 压迫

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale压yā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale迫pò4th tone, falling

压迫 in a sentence

  1. 这个肿块压迫了神经。

    Zhè ge zhǒngkuài yāpò le shénjīng.

    The lump is pressing on a nerve.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他觉得胸口有一种压迫感。

    Tā juéde xiōngkǒu yǒu yì zhǒng yāpògǎn.

    He felt a tightness in his chest.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 压迫 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 压 (yā) with each of its parts in a different colour
压yāto press
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
The character 迫 (pò) with each of its parts in a different colour
迫pòto persecute
  • 白white · báiSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 白 (bái) hints at the sound. Compare it with pò.

How to write 压迫

压 6 strokes · 迫 8 strokes

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压迫 (yāpò) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 压迫 (yāpò). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 压迫

Words with 压

压力yālì · pressure血压xuèyā · blood pressure压缩yāsuō · to compress压榨yāzhà · to squeeze压制yāzhì · to suppress压抑yāyì · to suppress (emotions)气压qìyā · air pressure压岁钱yāsuìqián · money given to children at Chinese New Year

Words with 迫

迫切pòqiè · urgent逼迫bīpò · to force强迫qiǎngpò · to force紧迫jǐnpò · urgent迫害pòhài · to persecute迫不及待pòbùjídài · too impatient to wait

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FAQs

压迫 (yāpò) means “to oppress” or “to press down on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yāpò: yā with a 1st tone, then pò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 压迫 is written 壓迫. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yapo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 压迫 from the suggestions. Typing yapo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
压迫 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.