Chinese symbol for “stifling”
压抑
yā yì
Traditional: 壓抑
to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stifling is 压抑 (yā yì), defined as: to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 压抑.
| 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 |
| 抑制 | yì zhì | to inhibit; to keep down |
| 抑郁 (抑鬱) | yì yù | depressed; despondent; gloomy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stifling”.
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.