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降压 (jiàng yā) — to lower (blood) pressure; to decompress; to reduce (voltage, pressure)

Definition

Literally 'lower pressure' — used in medical contexts to mean lowering blood pressure, and in engineering to mean reducing voltage or pressure. Often appears as a modifier in 降压药 ('blood-pressure medicine').

verb
to lower (blood) pressureto decompressto reduce (voltage, pressure)

Examples

  • 降压。
    Yī shēng jiàn yì tā chī jiàng yā yào.
    The doctor advised him to take blood pressure medication.
  • 降压。
    Zhè ge yào néng bāng wǒ jiàng yā.
    This medicine can help me lower my blood pressure.
  • ，。
    Tā gāng jiàng le yí cì yā, xiàn zài hǎo duō le.
    He just lowered his blood pressure once, now he feels much better.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

降jiàngreduce
压yāpressure

降 means to reduce, and 压 is the pressure being reduced.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阝Written in full as阜fùhill, wall
Sound part声符shēngfú
夅
夅jiàng降xiáng
Same sound today

降 pairs 阝 (a hill or wall, written in full as 阜) with 夅, a sound part meaning 'to descend'; together they picture descending a hill.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 壓; 压 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔdust
Sound part声符shēngfú
厭
厭yàn壓yā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 壓 is built from 土, dust, and 厭, which gives the sound; 压 is the simplified form of 壓.

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Appears in
Medicine & TreatmentPhysics & Chemistry

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