粵

鎮zan3壓aat3

simp镇压
zan3 aat3zhèn yā

English

  1. suppression
  2. repression
  3. to suppress
  4. to put down
  5. to quell
  6. to quell; to suppress; to repress

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用武力壓制,通常指制止騷亂或者暴動

Examples

  • 中國政府可能會視呢個為安全威脅,導致加強監視同鎮壓香港內部啲異見人士。

    Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

  • 军队镇压了叛乱。

    The army quelled the rebellion.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 警方鎮壓示威者,拘捕二十幾人。

    The police suppressed the protesters and arrested more than 20 people.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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