Chinese word dictionary

挤垮

jǐ kuǎ · to squash; to crush; to squeeze out of business

Practice word

Word information

Simplified挤垮

Traditional擠垮

Pinyinjǐ kuǎ

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

挤jǐ

to squeeze, to push against; crowded

垮kuǎ

to be defeated, to collapse, to fail

How to learn 挤垮

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

拥挤yōngjǐ

crowded; to throng; congestion

挤压jǐyā

to squeeze; to press; to extrude

挤对jǐ duì

(coll.) to mock; to bully; to force (a concession out of sb)

挤过jǐ guò

to squeeze through; to force one's way through

挤出jǐ chū

to squeeze out; to extrude; to drain

挤进jǐ jìn

to break into; to force one's way into; to barge into