# 压抑 (yāyì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 压抑 (yāyì) means “to repress (emotions); oppressive”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to repress (emotions); oppressive
- Pinyin: yāyì (ya1 yi4)
- Traditional: 壓抑
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他一直在压抑自己的悲伤。
  Tā yīzhí zài yāyì zìjǐ de bēishāng.
  He has been repressing his sadness all along.

## Characters

- [压](https://hanziro.com/word/ya-press/) (yā): to press; to push down
- 抑 (yì): to restrain; to restrict

https://hanziro.com/word/ya-yi-repress/

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