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Pressure in Chinese

pressure · HSK 4

压力 yā lì

  1. 压 yā to press
  2. 力 lì force

最近工作压力很大,我常常睡不好。 Work has been very stressful lately, and I often sleep badly.

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How do you say pressure in Chinese?

Pressure in Chinese is 压力 (yā lì). You can also say 压 (yā).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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