压力 壓力 yā lì pressure syn 盘子 盤子 pán zi tray / plate / dish / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 血压 血壓 xuè yā blood pressure 车牌 車牌 chē pái license plate 牌照 pái zhào (business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate 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 底片 dǐ piàn negative / photographic plate 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 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin / copper plate / copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) / (Tw) coin syn 液压 液壓 yè yā hydraulic pressure syn 钢板 鋼板 gāng bǎn steel plate syn 标牌 標牌 biāo pái label / tag / sign / (brass etc) inscribed plate syn 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 水压 水壓 shuǐ yā water pressure 铁板 鐵板 tiě bǎn iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) 门牌 門牌 mén pái door plate / house number 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 铭牌 銘牌 míng pái nameplate / data plate (on a machine) 冷盘 冷盤 lěng pán cold plate / cold meats syn 车号 車號 chē hào vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number) 挂牌 掛牌 guà pái lit. to hang up a plate / to open up for business / listed (on stock market) syn 电炉 電爐 diàn lú electric stove / hot plate 镀金 鍍金 dù jīn to gold-plate / to gild / (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special syn 大气压 大氣壓 dà qì yā atmospheric pressure 果盘 果盤 guǒ pán fruit plate / fruit platter 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 楼板 樓板 lóu bǎn floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) 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 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 制版 製版 zhì bǎn to make a plate (printing) 图版 圖版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 点穴 點穴 diǎn xué to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉[dian3 mai4] 印刷版 yìn shuā bǎn printing plate / printed version (of a digital publication) / printing (as in "1st printing" etc) 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 平版 píng bǎn lithographic plate 凸版 tū bǎn relief printing plate 稳压 穩壓 wěn yā stabilized voltage / regulated voltage / steady pressure / regulated pressure 上牌 shàng pái to obtain a license plate 压力容器 壓力容器 yā lì róng qì pressure vessel / autoclave 号牌 號牌 hào pái license plate / number plate 靓号 靚號 liàng hào desirable number (for one's telephone, license plate etc) (i.e. one that includes memorable or auspicious combinations of digits) 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 鳞甲 鱗甲 lín jiǎ scale / plate of armor syn 金属板 金屬板 jīn shǔ bǎn metal plate 凹版 āo bǎn intaglio printing plate (or a print made with it) 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) 底版 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block syn 舒张压 舒張壓 shū zhāng yā diastolic blood pressure 牌 pái signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) syn 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 盘 盤 pán tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) syn 碟 dié dish / plate syn 镀 鍍 dù to plate (with gold, silver etc) / (prefix) -plated syn 钸 鈽 bū metal plate 桁 héng pole plate / purlin (cross-beam in roof) / ridge-pole syn 钣 鈑 bǎn metal plate / sheet of metal 挤牙膏 擠牙膏 jǐ yá gāo lit. to squeeze out toothpaste / fig. to extract a confession under pressure 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home plate 心得安 xīn dé ān propranolol (beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure) 鋈 wù -plated / to plate syn 鉼 bǐng plate 执牛耳 執牛耳 zhí niú ěr to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony) 飞片 flying metal plate / flying plate / flyer plate / plate 汽车号牌 汽車號牌 qì chē hào pái vehicle registration plate / license plate 号码牌 號碼牌 hào mǎ pái number plate / car license plate / CL:條|条[tiao2],塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4] 骺软骨板 骺軟骨板 hóu ruǎn gǔ bǎn epiphyseal plate / growth plate (bone) 往复式孔板塔 reciprocating plate column / reciprocating plate reactor 增生板块边界 增生板塊邊界 accreting plate boundary / divergent plate boundary / divergent boundary 离散板块边界 離散板塊邊界 accreting plate boundary / divergent plate boundary / divergent boundary 燃料板 rán liào pàn fuel plate / plate 构造板块 構造板塊 tectonic plate / lithospheric plate 