HSK 6 · Verbs

压制 yāzhì “to suppress” in Chinese

Traditional 壓制

What 压制 means

  1. to suppress
  2. to stifle
  3. to restrain
  4. to inhibit

How to say 压制

  • 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制zhì4th tone, falling

压制 in a sentence

  1. 他努力压制心里的怒气。

    Tā nǔlì yāzhì xīnli de nùqì.

    He tried hard to hold back his anger.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们队在上半场一直压制着对手。

    Wǒmen duì zài shàngbànchǎng yìzhí yāzhì zhe duìshǒu.

    Our team kept the other side on the back foot for the whole first half.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 压制 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 制 (zhì) drawn as one shape
制zhìsystem

制 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 压制

压 6 strokes · 制 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 压制

Words with 压

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

Words with 制

控制kòngzhì · to control限制xiànzhì · to restrict制定zhìdìng · to draw up制造zhìzào · to manufacture制作zhìzuò · to make制度zhìdù · system (of rules)复制fùzhì · to duplicate制服zhìfú · uniform遏制èzhì · to curb节制jiézhì · to control

More words: Common Verbs

掩饰yǎnshì · to cover up摇摆yáobǎi · to sway压缩yāsuō · to compress压榨yāzhà · to squeeze依靠yīkào · to rely on依赖yīlài · to depend on遗留yíliú · to be left over引导yǐndǎo · to guide

FAQs

压制 (yāzhì) means “to suppress” or “to stifle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yāzhì: yā with a 1st tone, then zhì 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, 压制 is written 壓制. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yazhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 压制 from the suggestions. Typing yazhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
压制 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.