軋 (yà) - to roll & to crush

軋Tone 4

yà ｜ 8 strokes ｜ radical: 車

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軋 · yà

to roll;

to crush;

to squeeze;

to run over;

(of accounts) to check;

to balance

to rollto crushto squeeze

Usage highlights

rolling steelrolling millto run overto crush flataccount balancingrolling process

Synonyms

  • 壓— to press; to compress
  • 碾— to crush; to grind
  • 滾— to roll

Antonyms

  • 抬— to lift up
  • 舉— to raise

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The car ran over the object (軋過).
  • The factory rolls steel (軋鋼).
  • We need to balance the accounts (軋帳).
  • The machine crushed the materials (軋碎).

Collocations

  • rolling steel(軋鋼)
  • rolling mill(軋機)
  • to run over(軋過)
  • to crush flat(軋平)
  • account balancing(軋帳)
  • rolling process(軋製)

Idioms

  • Mutually exclusive(互相傾軋)
  • To jostle against each other(傾軋排擠)
  • Rolled steel products(軋鋼產品)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Originally depicted the action of a cart wheel rolling over or crushing something.
  • Used in industrial contexts for metal rolling processes since the industrial revolution.
  • In accounting, refers to the process of balancing and reconciling accounts.

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