压力 (yālì) means Pressure (stress - burden). Below are 10 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
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
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
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
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
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
生活的 压力 逼迫他放弃了学业。
Shēnghuó de yālì bīpò tā fàngqì le xuéyè.
The pressures of life forced him to give up his studies.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 逼迫
这么大的 压力 ，他一个人扛了下来。
Zhème dà de yālì, tā yí ge rén káng le xiàlái.
He shouldered all that pressure by himself.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扛
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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
Questions about 压力
How is 压力 used in a sentence?
This page shows 10 sentences using 压力 (yālì, "Pressure (stress - burden)"), 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.
Is 压力 an HSK word?
Yes — 压力 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 压力?
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