Chinese symbol for “oppress”
压迫
yā pò
Traditional: 壓迫
to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression
The closest CC-CEDICT match for oppress is 压迫 (yā pò), defined as: to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “oppress”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 横行霸道 (橫行霸道) | héng xíng bà dào | to oppress; to rule as a despot |
| 迫 (廹) | pò | variant of 迫 (pò); to persecute |
| 挫 | cuò | obstructed; to fail |
| 躙 | lìn | variant of 躪|躏, to trample down; to oppress |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 压迫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 压力 (壓力) | yā lì | pressure |
| 镇压 (鎮壓) | zhèn yā | suppression; repression |
| 压缩 (壓縮) | yā suō | to compress; compression |
| 压制 (壓制) | yā zhì | to suppress; to inhibit |
| 高压 (高壓) | gāo yā | (physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure |
| 被迫 | bèi pò | to be compelled; to be forced |
| 迫害 | pò hài | to persecute |
| 强迫 (強迫) | qiǎng pò | to compel; to force |
See also: Japanese symbol for “oppress”.
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.