# 压制 (yāzhì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 压制 (yāzhì) means “to suppress; to inhibit”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to suppress; to inhibit
- Pinyin: yāzhì (ya1 zhi4)
- Traditional: 壓制
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他努力压制住心里的怒火。
  Tā nǔlì yāzhì zhù xīnlǐ de nùhuǒ.
  He tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart.

## Characters

- [压](https://hanziro.com/word/ya-press/) (yā): to press; to push down
- [制](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-make/) (zhì): to make; to control

https://hanziro.com/word/ya-zhi-suppress/

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