Chinese symbol for “inhibition”

抑制作用

yì zhì zuò yòng

inhibition

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inhibition is 抑制作用 (yì zhì zuò yòng), defined as: inhibition.

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Characters and stroke order

抑 yì

to curb, to hinder; to keep down, to repress

radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes

制 zhì

system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower

radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

作 zuò

to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform

radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

用 yòng

to use, to employ, to apply; use

radical 101 ⽤ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 抑制作用.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
抑制	yì zhì	to inhibit; to keep down
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
工作	gōng zuò	to work; (of a machine) to operate
使用	shǐ yòng	to use; to employ

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.