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抑
yì
Description
“抑”这个字比较正式，常用在书面语里，意思是“压住”或“让它变小、变弱”。
The character "抑" is relatively formal and often used in written language, meaning "to suppress" or "to make something smaller or weaker."
我们说“抑制”、“压抑”的时候，都会用到这个字。
We use the character "抑" in words like "抑制" (to restrain) and "压抑" (to repress).
Meanings
抑yì
to hold down; to restrain; to suppress
他努力抑住自己的怒气。
He tried hard to suppress his anger.
抑或yìhuò
or; or else (formal, connecting choices)
是真的，抑或是假的？
Is it real or fake?
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Notes
- Nuance
抑 is formal/literary; in speech people say 压 or 控制 instead.
- Etymology
pictophonetic with the hand radical 扌, showing the sense of pressing down.
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