壓垮

Chinese

		to crush; to press; to push down to crush; to press; to push down; to keep under (control); in the first place	collapse
trad. (壓垮)		壓	垮
simp. (压垮)		压	垮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yākuǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄎㄨㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aat³ kwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yākuǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄎㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yakuǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-kʻua³
    • Yale: yā-kwǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iakoa
    • Palladius: якуа (jakua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ kʰu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aat³ kwaa¹
    • Yale: aat kwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸ kwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ad³ kua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːt̚³ kʷʰaː⁵⁵/

Verb

壓垮

1. (literal, figurative) to collapse under pressure