压
yāyà HSK3

press, push down

压 (壓) yā frequency
press verb
to apply weight or physical force downwards

他用手压住伤口以止血。

tā yòng shǒu yā zhù shāng​kǒu yǐ zhǐ​xuè.

He pressed down on the wound with his hand to stop the bleeding.

pressure noun
force exerted on a surface or an abstract weight or burden

医生正在给这位病人量血压。

yī​shēng zhèng​zài gěi zhè wèi bìng​rén liáng xuè yā.

The doctor is measuring the patient's blood pressure.

suppress verb
to keep under control, hold back, or restrain

他努力压住心中的怒火。

tā nǔ​lì yā zhù xīn zhōng de nù​huǒ.

He tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart.

压 (壓) yà
clamping plate noun
a plate used to apply pressure or to clamp components in place

这种机床的压板需要定期检查是否松动。

zhè zhǒng jī​chuáng de yà bǎn xū​yào dìng​qī jiǎn​chá shì​fǒu sōng​dòng.

The clamping plates on this machine tool need to be checked regularly to see if they are loose.

stroll verb
to walk or stroll along the street; to go for a walk

晚饭后，我们经常一起去压马路。

wǎn​fàn hòu, wǒ​men jīng​cháng yī​qǐ qù yà mǎ​lù.

After dinner, we often go for a stroll together.

altogether adverb
fundamentally or from the start; (used in negative sentences) at all

他压根就不明白这句话是什么意思。

tā yà​gēn jiù bù míng​bai zhè jù huà shì shén​me yì​si.

He doesn't have the slightest clue what this sentence means.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)