壓

yā

press; oppress; crush; pressure

How to write 壓, stroke by stroke

to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure; used in 压根儿; used in 压马路; used in 压板

Ideographic: Soil 土 crushed under pressure 厭; 厭 also provides the pronunciation

Made of 厭 + 土

壓力yā lìpressure
壓制yā zhìto suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
血壓xuè yāblood pressure
壓抑yā yìto constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
壓根yà gēn(mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply
鎮壓zhèn yāsuppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell
壓迫yā pòto oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics)
壓住yā zhùto press down; to crush down; to restrain (anger); to keep down (voice)
施壓shī yāto pressure
氣壓qì yāatmospheric pressure; barometric pressure
壓縮yā suōto compress; compression
擠壓jǐ yāto squeeze; to press; to extrude

我壓力好大，我真想哭。
wǒ yā lì hǎo dà ， wǒ zhēn xiǎng kū 。
I'm under so much pressure, I just want to cry.
您的血壓很低。
nín de xuè yā hěn dī 。
Your blood pressure's low.
我無法壓抑心中的怒火。
wǒ wú fǎ yā yì xīn zhōng de nù huǒ 。
I couldn't keep my anger down.
他壓低嗓門對她說：「我愛你。」
tā yā dī sǎng mén duì tā shuō ：「 wǒ ài nǐ 。」
He said to her under his breath, "I love you."
危險！高壓電流。
wēi xiǎn ！ gāo yā diàn liú 。
Danger! High voltage.