Chinese symbol for “overwhelm”
压倒
yā dǎo
Traditional: 壓倒
to overwhelm; to overpower; overwhelming
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overwhelm is 压倒 (yā dǎo), defined as: to overwhelm; to overpower; overwhelming.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “overwhelm”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 压垮 (壓垮) | yā kuǎ | to cause sth to collapse under the weight; (fig.) to overwhelm |
| 制伏 | zhì fú | to overpower; to overwhelm |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 压倒.
| 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 |
| 打倒 | dǎ dǎo | to overthrow; to knock down |
| 倒闭 (倒閉) | dǎo bì | to go bankrupt; to close down |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overwhelm”.
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.