压
yāyà HSK3

press, push down

压 壓 yā frequency
to control noun
to control; to keep under; to suppress or quell
[pressure] noun
(bound form) pressure; specifically referring to voltage, air pressure, or blood pressure

如果你感觉到跳动或者过压，放松绷带。

rú​guǒ nǐ gǎn​jué dào tiào dòng huò​zhě guò yā, fàng​sōng bēng​dài.

If you feel throbbing or excessive pressure, loosen the bandage.

to press verb
to press; to push down; to hold down with weight

既然空气有重量，它就必定压向地球的表面。

jì​rán kōng​qì yǒu zhòng​liàng, tā jiù bì​dìng yā xiàng dì​qiú de biǎo​miàn.

Since air has weight, it must press down on the surface of the earth.

他被压在失事汽车的下面。

tā bèi yā zài shī shì qì​chē de xià​mian.

He was pinned under the wrecked car.

to shelve
to shelve; to pigeonhole; to keep a matter or document from being processed
to approach
to approach or draw near; to bear down upon
to surpass
to surpass; to outdo or be superior to
to bet
to risk money on something; to stake; to bet
to rhyme
to rhyme; to use words that end with the same sound in poetry or songs
压 壓 yà
[intensifier] adverb
used in the phrase 压根儿 yà​gēn​r meaning 'from the start' or 'altogether'
shuttle
(bound form) shuttle of a loom; press plate

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Frequency
Character
Written text
756th most common 248.3 per million
Movie subtitles
862nd most common 138.4 per million appears in 49% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
49.7 per million appears in 19% of films
Written text
77.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
壓
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+538B

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)