Chinese symbol for “pressure”
压力
yā lì
Traditional: 壓力
pressure
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pressure is 压力 (yā lì), defined as: pressure.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pressure”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 施压 (施壓) | shī yā | to pressure |
| 压强 (壓強) | yā qiáng | pressure (physics) |
| 逼 (偪) | bī | variant of 逼 (bī); to compel |
| 压 (壓) | yā | to press; to push down |
| 硬逼 | yìng bī | to pressure; to press |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 压力.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability; ability |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious |
| 力量 | lì liang | power; force; strength |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pressure”.
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.