Chinese symbol for “inhibit”
抑制
yì zhì
to inhibit; to keep down; to suppress
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inhibit is 抑制 (yì zhì), defined as: to inhibit; to keep down; to suppress.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “inhibit”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 压制 (壓制) | yā zhì | to suppress; to inhibit |
| 阻抑 | zǔ yì | to impede; to check |
| 折挫 | zhé cuò | to frustrate; to inhibit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抑制.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 压抑 (壓抑) | yā yì | to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive |
| 抑郁 (抑鬱) | yì yù | depressed; despondent; gloomy |
| 抑或 | yì huò | or; could it be that...? |
| 抑郁症 (抑鬱症) | yì yù zhèng | clinical depression |
| 抑制剂 (抑制劑) | yì zhì jì | suppressant; inhibitor |
| 控制 | kòng zhì | to control |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
| 限制 | xiàn zhì | to restrict; to limit |
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.