压

壓traditional

HSK 4#1672 by frequencyradical 厂

yā["v"]

to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure

yà

used in 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]; used in 壓馬路|压马路[ya4 ma3 lu4]; used in 壓板|压板[ya4 ban3]

Examples

强宾不压主。

A guest should not try to make himself superior to the host.

你怎么减压？

How do you relieve stress?

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.