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抑
Mandarin · pinyin yì
Meanings
- to restrain
- to restrict
- to keep down
- or
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- 抑
- yì · press down, repress; curb, hinder
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Mandarin tones
4 · yi4
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Cantonese word readings for 抑. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- to press down; to keep down
- to repress; to suppress; to restrain; to restrict
- to hinder; to hamper; to obstruct
- to lower (one's head); to look down
- deep; low-pitched
- sulky; depressed
- (Eastern Min) muggy; sultry; humid
- or (linking alternatives)
- furthermore; moreover; also
- however; but
- (literary or Xiamen Hokkien) then; and (used to connect two clauses or adjectives)
- Meaningless sentence-initial particle.
- a surname
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