Chinese symbol for “suppression”
镇压
zhèn yā
Traditional: 鎮壓
suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down
The closest CC-CEDICT match for suppression is 镇压 (zhèn yā), defined as: suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 镇压.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城镇 (城鎮) | chéng zhèn | town; cities and towns |
| 小镇 (小鎮) | xiǎo zhèn | small town; village |
| 乡镇 (鄉鎮) | xiāng zhèn | townships and towns (collective term for the two principal township-level administrative divisions); small towns (general sense) |
| 市镇 (市鎮) | shì zhèn | small town |
| 村镇 (村鎮) | cūn zhèn | hamlet (place) |
| 压力 (壓力) | yā lì | pressure |
| 压迫 (壓迫) | yā pò | to oppress; to repress |
| 压缩 (壓縮) | yā suō | to compress; compression |
See also: Japanese symbol for “suppression”.
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.