HSK 6 · Nature

气压 qìyā “air pressure” in Chinese

Traditional 氣壓

What 气压 means

  1. air pressure
  2. atmospheric pressure
  3. barometric pressure

How to say 气压

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale气qì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale压yā1st tone, high and level

气压 in a sentence

  1. 你能检查一下这个轮胎的气压吗？

    Nǐ néng jiǎnchá yíxià zhè ge lúntāi de qìyā ma?

    Could you check the tyre pressure?

    Sentence #838516 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 气压 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 气 (qì) drawn as one shape
气qìgas; air

气 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from layers of vapour rising: air, steam, breath.

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

How to write 气压

气 4 strokes · 压 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 气压

Words with 气

天气tiānqì · weather不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome生气shēngqì · angry气qì · air力气lìqi · strength空气kōngqì · air气候qìhòu · climate脾气píqi · temper淘气táoqì · naughty小气xiǎoqì · stingy

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)压迫yāpò · to oppress压岁钱yāsuìqián · money given to children at Chinese New Year

More words: Nature & Environment

瀑布pùbù · waterfall晴朗qínglǎng · sunny气味qìwèi · smell气象qìxiàng · meteorology犬quǎn · dog融化rónghuà · to melt梢shāo · tip (of a branch)牲畜shēngchù · livestock

FAQs

气压 (qìyā) means “air pressure” or “atmospheric pressure”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qìyā: qì with a 4th tone, then yā with a 1st 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, 气压 is written 氣壓. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiya with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 气压 from the suggestions. Typing qiya into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
气压 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.