壓枝

Chinese

		to crush; to press; to push down to crush; to press; to push down; to keep under (control); in the first place	branch; (a measure word)
trad. (壓枝)		壓	枝
simp. (压枝)		压	枝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aat³ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yajhih
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-chih¹
    • Yale: yā-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iajy
    • Palladius: ячжи (jačži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aat³ zi¹
    • Yale: aat jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ad³ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːt̚³ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Verb

壓枝

1. (botany) to layer; to lay the shoot of a plant underground for growth

Synonyms

• 壓條／压条 (yātiáo)
• (Hokkien) 倚叢／倚丛

Noun

壓枝

1. batten