压力 壓力 yā lì pressure syn 血压 血壓 xuè yā blood pressure 施加 shī jiā to exert (effort or pressure) syn 施压 施壓 shī yā to pressure 气压 氣壓 qì yā atmospheric pressure / barometric pressure syn 高压 高壓 gāo yā (physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed / oppressive syn 减压 減壓 jiǎn yā to reduce pressure / to relax 焦头烂额 焦頭爛額 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) syn 高血压 高血壓 gāo xuè yā high blood pressure / hypertension 加压 加壓 jiā yā to pressurize / to pile on pressure 液压 液壓 yè yā hydraulic pressure syn 水压 水壓 shuǐ yā water pressure 迫于 迫於 pò yú constrained / restricted / forced to / under pressure to do sth syn 外力 wài lì external force / pressure from outside 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 降压 降壓 jiàng yā to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage 大气压 大氣壓 dà qì yā atmospheric pressure 钉子户 釘子戶 dīng zi hù householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers 强弱 強弱 qiáng ruò strong or weak / intensity / amount of force or pressure 重压 重壓 zhòng yā high pressure / bearing a heavy weight 低血压 低血壓 dī xuè yā low blood pressure 催生 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence syn 压强 壓強 yā qiáng pressure (physics) 血压计 血壓計 xuè yā jì blood pressure meter / sphygmomanometer 压力计 壓力計 yā lì jì pressure gauge / manometer / piezometer 高压锅 高壓鍋 gāo yā guō pressure cooker syn 点穴 點穴 diǎn xué to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉[dian3 mai4] 眼压 眼壓 yǎn yā intraocular pressure syn 渗透压 滲透壓 shèn tòu yā osmotic pressure syn 压力锅 壓力鍋 yā lì guō pressure cooker syn 团购 團購 tuán gòu group buying / collective buying / buying by a group of individuals who negotiate a discount for the group 稳压 穩壓 wěn yā stabilized voltage / regulated voltage / steady pressure / regulated pressure 压力容器 壓力容器 yā lì róng qì pressure vessel / autoclave 负压 負壓 fù yā suction / negative pressure 抗压 抗壓 kàng yā to resist pressure or stress / pressure-resistant 压力传感器 壓力傳感器 yā lì zhuàn gǎn qì pressure transducer 升压 升壓 shēng yā to boost the pressure (of a fluid) / to boost (or step up) the voltage 硬逼 yìng bī to pressure / to press / to force / to compel / to push / to coerce / to urge / to impel / to bully into / to be compelled 高压清洗机 高壓清洗機 gāo yā qīng xǐ jī high pressure washer 低气压 低氣壓 dī qì yā low pressure / depression (meteorology) 压线 壓線 yā xiàn pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line) 舒张压 舒張壓 shū zhāng yā diastolic blood pressure 压 壓 yā to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure syn 巴 bā to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail syn 挤牙膏 擠牙膏 jǐ yá gāo lit. to squeeze out toothpaste / fig. to extract a confession under pressure 心得安 xīn dé ān propranolol (beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure) 集体 集體 jí tǐ collective (decision) / joint (effort) / a group / a team / en masse / as a group syn 领队 領隊 lǐng duì to lead a group / leader of a group / captain (of sports squad) syn 分组 分組 fēn zǔ to divide into groups / group (formed from a larger group) / subgroup / (computer networking) packet 大队 大隊 dà duì group / a large body of / production brigade / military group 团长 團長 tuán zhǎng regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer / group-buying coordinator 女真 nǚ zhēn Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] and Qing Dynasty 合照 hé zhào group photo / to take a group photo 领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group 壮族 壯族 zhuàng zú Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group 朝鲜族 朝鮮族 cháo xiǎn zú Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China) / the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula) 会 會 huì can / to have the skill / to know how to / to be likely to / to be sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / (suffix) union / group / association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) syn 帮 幫 bāng to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society syn 起 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn 队 隊 duì squadron / team / group / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 派 pài (literary) tributary / branch of a river / clique / school / group / faction / (bound form) style / manner / to send (a person or resource) / to dispatch / to allocate (a resource or task) / to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一[yi]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie syn 组 組 zǔ to form / to organize / group / team / classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries 群 qún group / crowd / flock, herd, pack etc syn 乐队 樂隊 yuè duì band / pop group / CL:支[zhi1] 编 編 biān to weave / to plait / to organize / to group / to arrange / to edit / to compile / to write / to compose / to fabricate / to make up syn 小组 小組 xiǎo zǔ group 林 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn 拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch syn 蒙 měng Mongol ethnic group / abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國|蒙古国[Meng3 gu3 guo2] / Taiwan pr. [Meng2] syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 族 zú race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) syn 集团 集團 jí tuán group / bloc / corporation / conglomerate syn 一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 团体 團體 tuán tǐ group / organization / team / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 民族 mín zú nationality / ethnic group / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 搭配 dā pèi to pair up / to match / to arrange in pairs / to add sth into a group syn 血型 xuè xíng blood group / blood type 偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn 专利 專利 zhuān lì patent / sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people / monopoly 社团 社團 shè tuán association / society / group / union / club / organization 入伙 rù huǒ to join a group / to become a member syn 伙 夥 huǒ companion / partner / group / classifier for groups of people / to combine / together syn 群岛 群島 qún dǎo group of islands / archipelago 人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur syn 班级 班級 bān jí class (group of students) / grade (in school) 合影 hé yǐng to take a joint photo / group photo 辈 輩 bèi lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people syn 名额 名額 míng é quota / number of places / place (in an institution, a group etc) 阵营 陣營 zhèn yíng group of people / camp / faction / sides in a dispute syn 进发 進發 jìn fā (of a group of people or a convoy of vehicles) to set off syn 聚餐 jù cān communal meal / formal dinner of club or group syn 卫队 衛隊 wèi duì guard (i.e. group of soldiers) syn 纳西 納西 nà xī Nakhi (ethnic group) 劳埃德 勞埃德 láo āi dé Lloyd (name) / Lloyd's (London-based insurance group) 阀 閥 fá powerful individual, family or group / clique / (loanword) valve syn 组长 組長 zǔ zhǎng group leader 财团 財團 cái tuán financial group 合群 hé qún to fit in / to get on well with others / sociable / to form a mutually supportive group syn 