Chinese symbol for “compress”
压缩
yā suō
Traditional: 壓縮
to compress; compression
The closest CC-CEDICT match for compress is 压缩 (yā suō), defined as: to compress; compression.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “compress”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 压实 (壓實) | yā shí | to compress; to compact |
| 挤压 (擠壓) | jǐ yā | to squeeze; to compress; (fig.) to crowd out; to put pressure on |
| 压紧 (壓緊) | yā jǐn | to compress |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 压缩.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 压力 (壓力) | yā lì | pressure |
| 镇压 (鎮壓) | zhèn yā | suppression; repression |
| 压迫 (壓迫) | yā pò | to oppress; to repress |
| 压制 (壓制) | yā zhì | to suppress; to inhibit |
| 高压 (高壓) | gāo yā | (physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure |
| 缩短 (縮短) | suō duǎn | to shorten; to reduce; to curtail |
| 缩小 (縮小) | suō xiǎo | to reduce; to decrease; to shrink |
| 收缩 (收縮) | shōu suō | to pull back; to shrink |
See also: Japanese symbol for “compress”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.