压 壓
压壓 in English
- to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure
- erhua variant of 壓根|压根[ya4 gen1] / to stroll around the streets (esp. of a young couple) / Taiwan pr. [ya1 ma3 lu4] / used in 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4gen1r5] / used in 壓馬路|压马路[ya4ma3lu4] / used in 壓板|压板[ya4ban3]
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How it used to be written
These are the forms of 壓, the traditional character: 压 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 新莽
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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军队镇压了叛乱。
The army quelled the rebellion.
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卡拉OK对减轻压力有益。
Karaoke is good for reducing stress.
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压缩数据的算法能分为两种：一种会造成数据损失，另一种则不会。
Data compression algorithms can be classified in two categories: those with data loss and those without data loss.
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您的血压很低。
Your blood pressure's low.
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我有高血压。
I have high blood pressure.
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我的血压很低。
I have low blood pressure.
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我血压高。
I have high blood pressure.
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气压计下降了 - 要下雨了。
The barometer is falling - it is going to rain.