挤压

擠壓

jǐyā

verb HSK 7-9 #14,548

Meanings

1 to squeeze
2 to compress
3 to extrude

Characters

squeeze; crowd; push

press; pressure; crush

Examples

HSK 5

大企业挤压了小商家的生存空间。

Dà qǐyè jǐyā le xiǎo shāngjiā de shēngcún kōngjiān.

Big enterprises squeezed the survival space of small businesses.

HSK 7-9

不要挤压这个箱子，里面有易碎品。

Búyào jǐyā zhège xiāngzi, lǐmiàn yǒu yìsuìpǐn.

Don't squeeze this box; there are fragile items inside.

Tips

usage

挤压 can be physical (squeezing/compressing an object) or figurative (squeezing out competitors, compressing margins). The figurative use is common in business/economics.

Stroke Order

挤 jǐ

压 yā