挤压

擠壓

jǐyā

verb HSK 7 #14,548

Meanings

1 to squeeze
2 to compress
3 to extrude

Characters

squeeze; crowd; push

press; pressure; crush

Examples

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.

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.

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