| 压力 | yā lì | pressure |
| 压 | yā | to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure |
| 压 | yà | in the first place; to crush |
| 压迫 | yā pò | to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics) |
| 压缩 | yā suō | to compress; compression |
| 压强 | yā qiáng | pressure |
| 压制 | yā zhì | to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle |
| 压缩机 | yā suō jī | compactor; compressor |
| 压榨 | yā zhà | to press; to squeeze; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing |
| 压倒 | yā dǎo | overwhelming; overpower |
| 压低 | yā dī | to lower (one's voice) |
| 压缩比 | yā suō bǐ | compression ratio |
| 压抑 | yā yì | to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression |
| 压电 | yā diàn | piezoelectricity (physics) |
| 压价 | yā jià | to depress prices |
| 压挤 | yā jǐ | to squeeze out; to extrude |
| 压韵 | yā yùn | to rhyme; usually written 押韵 |
| 压不碎 | yā bu suì | crush-proof; unbreakable; indomitable |
| 压倒性 | yā dào xìng | overwhelming |
| 压力容器 | yā lì róng qì | pressure vessel; autoclave |
| 压力强度 | yā lì qiáng dù | pressure (as measured) |
| 压力计 | yā lì jì | pressure gauge; manometer; piezometer |
| 压力锅 | yā lì guō | pressure cooker |
| 压埋 | yā mái | to crush and bury |
| 压压脚 | yā ya jiǎo | to help out |
| 压压脚儿 | yā ya jiǎor | erhua variant of 压压脚 |
| 压坏 | yā huài | to crush |
| 压扁 | yā biǎn | squash; squeeze |
| 压板 | yà bǎn | a see-saw |
| 压根 | yà gēn | from the start; absolutely; entirely; simply |
| 压根儿 | yà gēnr | erhua variant of 压根; from the start; absolutely; entirely; simply |
| 压岁钱 | yā suì qián | money given to children as new year present |
| 压碎 | yā suì | crush |
| 压紧 | yā jǐn | to compress |
| 压线 | yā xiàn | pressure crease; fig. to toil for sb else's benefit; line ball (i.e. on the line) |
| 压缩器 | yā suō qì | compressor |
| 压而不服 | yā ér bù fú | coercion will never convince (idiom) |
| 压舌板 | yā shé bǎn | tongue depressor; spatula |
| 压花 | yā huā | to emboss; coining; knurling |
| 压蒜器 | yā suàn qì | garlic press |
| 压路机 | yā lù jī | road roller |
| 压车 | yā chē | variant of 押车 |
| 压轴好戏 | yā zhòu hǎo xì | see 压轴戏 |
| 压轴戏 | yā zhòu xì | next-to-last item on a program (theater); climax |
| 压电体 | yā diàn tǐ | piezo-electric |
