压 yā / yà in a sentence
Press down (control - suppress - put off - bet - pressure); At all
压 (yā / yà) means Press down (control - suppress - put off - bet - pressure), At all. Below are 24 of the 31 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
背包 压 得肩膀疼。
Bèibāo yā de jiānbǎng téng.
The backpack made my shoulders ache.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 肩膀
箱子被 压 得扁扁的。
Xiāngzi bèi yā de biǎnbiǎn de.
The box had been squashed completely flat.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扁
这条神经受了 压 迫。
Zhè tiáo shénjīng shòu le yāpò.
This nerve is under pressure.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 神经
医生给他量了血 压 。
Yīshēng gěi tā liáng le xuèyā.
The doctor took his blood pressure.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 血压
他的血 压 一直偏高。
Tā de xuèyā yìzhí piān gāo.
His blood pressure has always been on the high side.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 血压
肿块 压 迫到了神经。
Zhǒngkuài yāpò dào le shénjīng.
The lump is pressing on a nerve.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压迫
他最近工作 压 力很大。
Tā zuìjìn gōngzuò yālì hěn dà.
He is under a lot of pressure at work lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 压力
他承受了很大的 压 力。
Tā chéngshòu le hěn dà de yālì.
He bore a great deal of pressure.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 承受
地铁缓解了交通 压 力。
Dìtiě huǎnjiě le jiāotōng yālì.
The subway has eased traffic pressure.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 缓解
高山上的气 压 比较低。
Gāoshān shang de qìyā bǐjiào dī.
Air pressure is lower high in the mountains.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气压
气 压 变化会影响天气。
Qìyā biànhuà huì yǐngxiǎng tiānqì.
Changes in air pressure affect the weather.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气压
机器把甘蔗 压 榨成汁。
Jīqì bǎ gānzhè yāzhà chéng zhī.
The machine presses the sugar cane into juice.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压榨
考试前学生的 压 力不小。
Kǎoshì qián xuésheng de yālì bù xiǎo.
Students are under considerable stress before exams.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 压力
面对 压 力，他没有屈服。
Miànduì yālì, tā méiyǒu qūfú.
Under pressure he did not give in.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 屈服
他把 压 岁钱都存了起来。
Tā bǎ yāsuìqián dōu cún le qǐlái.
He saved up all his new-year money.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压岁钱
请把文件 压 缩后再发送。
Qǐng bǎ wénjiàn yāsuō hòu zài fāsòng.
Please compress the file before sending it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压缩
这种做法是在 压 榨工人。
Zhè zhǒng zuòfǎ shì zài yāzhà gōngrén.
This practice amounts to squeezing the workers.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压榨
不要给孩子施加太大 压 力。
Bú yào gěi háizi shījiā tài dà yālì.
Do not put too much pressure on the child.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 施加
公司 压 缩了不必要的开支。
Gōngsī yāsuō le bù bìyào de kāizhī.
The company cut unnecessary spending.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压缩
他一直 压 抑着自己的情绪。
Tā yìzhí yāyìzhe zìjǐ de qíngxù.
He has been bottling up his feelings.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压抑
屋里的气氛让人感到 压 抑。
Wū lǐ de qìfēn ràng rén gǎndào yāyì.
The atmosphere in the room felt oppressive.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压抑
他努力 压 制住心中的怒火。
Tā nǔlì yāzhì zhù xīnzhōng de nùhuǒ.
He fought to suppress the anger inside him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压制
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From the graded readers
去年下半年，我的 压 力特别大。
qùnián xià bàn nián, wǒ de(possessive) yālì tèbié dà.
In the second half of last year I was under enormous pressure.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
压 appears in 31 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 压
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Questions about 压
How is 压 used in a sentence?
This page shows 31 sentences using 压 (yā / yà, "Press down (control - suppress - put off - bet - pressure), At all"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 压 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 压 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 压?
The dictionary page for 压 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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