管 guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards syn 压力 壓力 yā lì pressure syn 血压 血壓 xuè yā blood pressure 管子 guǎn zi tube / pipe / drinking straw / CL:根[gen1] syn 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 试管 試管 shì guǎn test tube 液压 液壓 yè yā hydraulic pressure syn 软管 軟管 ruǎn guǎn hose / flexible tube 水压 水壓 shuǐ yā water pressure 被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube / (contemporary) bedding / bed cover 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 输卵管 輸卵管 shū luǎn guǎn Fallopian tube / oviduct 竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 筒子 tǒng zi tube-shaped object / tube / bobbin / (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4] syn 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 套筒 tào tǒng sleeve / a tube for wrapping 试管婴儿 試管嬰兒 shì guǎn yīng ér test tube baby 电子管 電子管 diàn zǐ guǎn valve (electronics) / vacuum tube syn 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 真空管 zhēn kōng guǎn vacuum tube syn 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 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 显像管 顯像管 xiǎn xiàng guǎn CRT used in TV or computer monitor / picture tube / kinescope 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 稳压 穩壓 wěn yā stabilized voltage / regulated voltage / steady pressure / regulated pressure 支气管 支氣管 zhī qì guǎn bronchial tube / bronchus syn 压力容器 壓力容器 yā lì róng qì pressure vessel / autoclave 三极管 三極管 sān jí guǎn triode (vacuum tube or transistor) 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 玻璃管 bō li guǎn glass tube 升压 升壓 shēng yā to boost the pressure (of a fluid) / to boost (or step up) the voltage 内胎 內胎 nèi tāi inner tube (of a tire) syn 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) 管窥 管窺 guǎn kuī to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view syn 筒灯 筒燈 tǒng dēng fluorescent tube or light 舒张压 舒張壓 shū zhāng yā diastolic blood pressure 热缩管 熱縮管 rè suō guǎn heat shrink tubing (aka heatshrink) (shrinkable plastic tube used to insulate wires) 上梁 上樑 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube 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 里带 裡帶 lǐ dài inner tube (of tire) syn 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 挤牙膏 擠牙膏 jǐ yá gāo lit. to squeeze out toothpaste / fig. to extract a confession under pressure 阴极射线管 陰極射線管 yīn jí shè xiàn guǎn cathode ray tube 咽鼓管 yān gǔ guǎn Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear) / auditory tube 心得安 xīn dé ān propranolol (beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure) 扩孔 擴孔 kuò kǒng to widen a tube / to ream (i.e. widen a hole) 橐 tuó sack / tube open at both ends / (onom.) footsteps syn 琮 cóng jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times 管中窥豹 管中窺豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) / fig. to miss the big picture syn 筩 tǒng tube / cylinder 采气管 采氣管 vapour-concentrator tube / air-sample collection tube / sample tube / sniffer tube 中压管 中壓管 zhōng yā guǎn medium pressure tube / middle pressure hose (diving) 压盘 壓盤 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 传压板 傳壓板 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 映像管 yìng xiàng guǎn CRT (cathode ray tube) used in a computer monitor or TV, aka picture tube (Tw) / kinescope 巨大压力 巨大壓力 jù dà yā lì enormous pressure / tremendous pressure 等压 等壓 děng yā constant pressure / equal pressure 压发雷 pressure-fused mine / pressure mine 侦毒管 偵毒管 zhēn dú guǎn detector tube 籫 zuǎn (literary) bamboo tube used to hold chopsticks or spoons 回描 huí miáo flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube) / retrace 散束 sàn shù scattering of bundle (of electrons in vacuum tube) / debunching 水管面 水管麵 shuǐ guǎn miàn tube pasta (e.g. penne, rigatoni, ziti) / macaroni 消化管 xiāo huà guǎn digestive tube / gut 管井 guǎn jǐng tube well syn 行波管 xíng bō guǎn traveling wave tube (electronics) 试管受孕 試管受孕 shì guǎn shòu yùn in vitro fertilisation / test tube fertilisation 速调管 速調管 sù tiáo guǎn klystron (electronic tube used to produce high frequency radio waves) 光电倍增管 光電倍增管 guāng diàn bèi zēng guǎn photomultiplier tube 开关装置 開關裝置 kāi guān zhuāng zhì switching device / switching tube 摄象管 攝象管 shè xiàng guǎn camera tube 神经管 神經管 shén jīng guǎn neural tube (embryology) 脉冲中子管 pulse neutron tube 