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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *壓* | 壓* | *壓
to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure
HSK 3
pressure
HSK 3
to oppress / to repress / to constrict / oppression / stress (physics)
HSK 6
blood pressure
HSK 7-9
(physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed; oppressive
HSK 7-9
high blood pressure / hypertension
HSK 7-9
to reduce pressure / to relax
HSK 7-9
to suppress / to inhibit / to stifle
HSK 7-9
to squeeze / to press / to extrude
HSK 7-9
to overwhelm / to overpower / overwhelming
HSK 7-9
to pressure
HSK 7-9
to constrain or repress emotions / oppressive / stifling / depressing / repression
HSK 7-9
to compress; compression
HSK 7-9
to lower (one's voice)
(Tw) see 衝壓|冲压
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *壓* | 壓* | *壓
atmospheric pressure
low pressure / low voltage
atmospheric pressure
to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage
(jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大|亚历山大)
voltage
acrylic (loanword) / see also 亞克力|亚克力
to squash / to crush flat
pressure (physics)
to press / to push (a button)
hydraulic pressure
to pressurize / to boost / to supercharge
suppression / repression / to suppress / to put down / to quell
acupressure / shiatsu
atmospheric pressure / barometric pressure
pressure cooker
to crush or compact (with a roller) / to run over (with a vehicle) / (fig.) to trounce; to wipe the floor with; to be far superior
forming a dense mass
to bring up the rear / to provide support / to hold the lines
high voltage
(mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply
overwhelming
to decompress / decompression (esp. computer)
pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line)
to pile up / to accumulate without being dealt with
(medicine) tenderness; pain experienced when touched or palpated
low blood pressure
blood pressure meter / sphygmomanometer
piezoelectricity (physics)
road roller
money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
voltmeter
constant pressure / equal pressure
intraocular pressure
to suppress / to quell (a disturbance) / repression
mold pressing
lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
to compel sb to obey; to force into submission; to subjugate
high tension power line
barometer
to withhold / to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
barometer
diastolic blood pressure
to bully / to push around
data compression
compressor
to press / to squeeze / to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing
to crush to pieces
to hold the attention of an audience / to serve as the finale to a show
low pressure / depression (meteorology)
(manufacturing) hot pressing
high-handed (measures) / with a heavy hand
to squeeze out / to extrude
isobar (line of equal pressure)
voltmeter
it's always good to have more skills (idiom)
lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom) / fig. one side prevails over the other / progressive ideas prevail over reactionary ones
biasing (electronics) / bias voltage
to depress prices
to tie up (funds or resources etc that could otherwise be used)
pressure cooker
to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice)
variant of 押寶|押宝
variant of 押車|押车
(coll.) sleep paralysis
to cause sth to collapse under the weight / (fig.) to overwhelm
tire pressure
stabilized voltage; regulated voltage / steady pressure; regulated pressure
to stamp; to press (sheet metal) / Taiwan pr. [chong1ya1]
to crush to death
to crush
to compress
variant of 紓壓|纾压
chiropractor
temperature and pressure
(Tw) post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD
to crush and bury
to suppress / to beat down
compression ratio
to resist pressure or stress / pressure-resistant
peer pressure
(HK, Malaysia) push-up; press-up (exercise)

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