鎮壓

See also: 镇压, 鎭壓, and 鎮圧

Chinese

		composed; small town; to suppress composed; small town; to suppress; to press down; to post	to crush; to press; to push down to crush; to press; to push down; to keep under (control); in the first place
trad. (鎮壓/鎭壓)		鎮/鎭	壓
simp. (镇压)		镇	压

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhènyā

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ aat³
• Eastern Min (BUC): déng-ák
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tìn-ap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhènyā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhènya
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-ya¹
    • Yale: jèn-yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jennia
    • Palladius: чжэнья (čžɛnʹja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ jä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan³ aat³
    • Yale: jan aat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ aat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³ ad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ aːt̚³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: déng-ák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tìn-ap
    • Tâi-lô: tìn-ap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dien'ab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tin²¹⁻⁵³ ap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tin²¹⁻⁵³ ap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tin¹¹⁻⁵³ ap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin²¹⁻⁴¹ ap̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: trin|trinH 'aep

Rime
Character	鎮	鎮	壓
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	知 (9)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)	眞 (44)	狎 (150)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	II
Fanqie	陟鄰切	陟刃切	烏甲切
Baxter	trin	trinH	'aep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiɪn/	/ʈˠiɪnH/	/ʔˠap̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚin/	/ʈᵚinH/	/ʔᵚap̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶien/	/ȶienH/	/ʔap̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈjin/	/ʈjinH/	/ʔaɨp̚/
Li Rong	/ȶjĕn/	/ȶjĕnH/	/ʔap̚/
Wang Li	/ȶǐĕn/	/ȶǐĕnH/	/ap̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ĕn/	/ȶi̯ĕnH/	/ʔap̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn	zhèn	ya
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan1	zan3	aap3

Verb

鎮壓

1. to suppress; to repress; to inhibit; to stifle; to put down
2. to execute (a counterrevolutionary or criminal); to put to death
3. to roll; to compact; to tamp (of soil)

Synonyms

• (to execute):

edit

• 刑殺／刑杀 (xíngshā) (literary)
• 執行死刑／执行死刑 (zhíxíng sǐxíng)
• 處死／处死 (chǔsǐ)
• 處決／处决 (chǔjué)
• 行刑 (xíngxíng) (formal)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鎮壓):

• → Japanese: 鎮(ちん)圧(あつ) (chin'atsu)
• → Korean: 진압(鎭壓) (jinap)
• → Vietnamese: trấn áp (鎮壓)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
鎮	壓

Verb

鎮壓

1. chữ Hán form of trấn áp (“suppress, subdue, repress”).