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抑
Pinyin: yì
English Definition: to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or
Chinese Definition:
①压，压制：抑制。抑止。压抑。抑强扶弱。抑扬(a。音调的高低起伏；b。沉浮；c。褒贬)。
②忧闷：抑郁。抑塞。
③文言连词(a。表选择，相当于或是、还是，如“抑或”；b。表转折，相当于可是、但是，如“多则多矣，抑君似鼠”)。
④文言发语词：“抑齐人不盟，若之何”。
⑤古同“噫”，叹词。
Antonyms: 扬 扶
Total strokes: 7; Radical: 手
Pictophonetic: 卬 indicates the sound; 扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
    • 卬 [ áng ] lofty; high; to raise; high-priced, expensive
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Example Words
抑制 yì zhì to inhibit; to keep down; to suppress
压抑 yā yì to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
抑郁 yì yù depressed; despondent; gloomy; depression
抑或 yì huò or; could it be that...?
抑郁症 yì yù zhèng clinical depression
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