壓抑

See also: 压抑

Chinese

		to crush; to press; to push down to crush; to press; to push down; to keep under (control); in the first place	to restrain; to restrict; to keep down to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or
trad. (壓抑)		壓	抑
simp. (压抑)		压	抑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aat³ jik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ap-ek / ap-iak / a̍h-ek

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yayì
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-i⁴
    • Yale: yā-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iayih
    • Palladius: яи (jai)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aat³ jik¹
    • Yale: aat yīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸ jik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ad³ yig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːt̚³ jɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ap-ek
    • Tâi-lô: ap-ik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ap'eg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ap̚³²⁻⁵ iɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ap̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ap-iak
    • Tâi-lô: ap-iak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ap'iag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ap̚⁵⁻²⁴ iak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a̍h-ek
    • Tâi-lô: a̍h-ik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aq'eg
    • IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ iɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ iɪk̚³²/

Verb

壓抑

1. to constrain; to inhibit; to repress; to stifle
2. to depress

Noun

壓抑

1. constraint; inhibition; repression; stifling
2. depression

Adjective

壓抑

1. constraining; inhibiting; repressive; stifling
2. depressing
3. depressed

Synonyms

• (depressed):

• 低沉 (dīchén)
• 低落 (dīluò)
• 冷館／冷馆 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 喪氣／丧气
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 失落 (shīluò)
• 寡歡／寡欢 (guǎhuān)
• 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 悒鬱／悒郁 (yìyù) (literary)
• 悒鬱寡歡／悒郁寡欢 (yìyùguǎhuān)
• 愁悶／愁闷 (chóumèn)
• 憂悶／忧闷 (yōumèn)
• 慘沮／惨沮 (cǎnjǔ) (literary)
• 憂鬱／忧郁 (yōuyù)
• 憋悶／憋闷
• 懊喪／懊丧 (àosàng)
• 抑鬱／抑郁 (yìyù)
• 沉悶／沉闷 (chénmèn)
• 沉鬱／沉郁 (chényù) (literary)
• 沮喪／沮丧 (jǔsàng)
• 消極／消极 (xiāojí)
• 消沉 (xiāochén)
• 灰 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)
• 灰心 (huīxīn)
• 灰心喪氣／灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)
• 煩悶／烦闷 (fánmèn)
• 神傷／神伤 (shénshāng) (literary)
• 索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)
• 苦悶／苦闷 (kǔmèn)
• 萎靡
• 陰暗／阴暗 (yīn'àn)
• 陰沉／阴沉 (yīnchén)
• 頹唐／颓唐 (tuítáng)
• 頹喪／颓丧 (tuísàng)
• 頹廢／颓废 (tuífèi)
• 鬱悶／郁闷 (yùmèn)
• 鬱鬱／郁郁 (yùyù) (literary)
• 鬱鬱不樂／郁郁不乐 (yùyùbùlè)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 齪嘈／龊嘈 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 性壓抑／性压抑 (xìngyāyì)