挤 (jǐ): to crowd in, to cram in, to force others aside
挤 (jǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “to crowd in.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 齐 (phonetic). It ranks #1649 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 挤 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to crowd in
- to cram in
- to force others aside
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 挤
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挤出verb | jǐ chū | to squeeze out |
| 排挤verb | pái jǐ | to crowd out |
| 挤压verb | jǐ yā | to squeeze |
| 挤满verb | jǐ mǎn | crowded to bursting point |
| 拥挤不堪 | yōng jǐ bù kān | overcrowded |
| 挤兑verb | jǐ duì | bank run |
| 挤眉弄眼 | jǐ méi nòng yǎn | to make eyes |
| 挤占verb | jǐ zhàn | to muscle in |
| 挤上去 | jǐ shàng qu | to squeeze oneself up into (a crowded vehicle etc) |
| 挤破头 | jǐ pò tóu | to fight tooth and nail to get sth |
| 交通拥挤 | jiāo tōng yōng jǐ | traffic congestion |
| 挤来挤去 | jǐ lái jǐ qù | to mill about |
| 挤对verb | jǐ duì | (coll.) to mock |
| 挤过 | jǐ guò | to squeeze through |
| 挤进 | jǐ jìn | to break into |
挤 appears in 33 compound words: 79 as the first character, 18 as the last, and 3 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 挤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
地铁上太挤了，几乎连站的地方都没有。
Dìtiě shàng tài jǐ le, jīhū lián zhàn de dìfang dōu méiyǒu.
The subway is too crowded; there's almost no place to stand.
独家/直击!超跑麦拉伦变娃娃车 母女挤副驾危险上路
dú jiā zhí jī ! chāo pǎo mài lā lún biàn wá wá chē mǔ nǚ jǐ fù jià wēi xiǎn shàng lù
Exclusive/On the Scene! McLaren Supercar Turned into a "Toy Car" as Mother and Daughter Cram into the Passenger Seat for a Dangerous Ride
...张腿憋尿勒肚子小腹凸的正常吗?膀胱充盈推挤腹部向前吗
. . . zhāng tuǐ biē niào lè dù zǐ xiǎo fù tū de zhèng cháng ma ? bǎng 胱 chōng yíng tuī jǐ fù bù xiàng qián ma
...Is it normal to feel the need to hold in urine, tighten your stomach, and have a protruding lower abdomen? Does a full bladder push the abdomen forward?
澳洲稀土厂市值挤下澳航 争抢关键矿物新竞赛开打
ào zhōu xī tǔ hǎn shì zhí jǐ xià ào háng zhēng qiǎng guān jiàn kuàng wù xīn jìng sài kāi dǎ
The market value of Australian rare earth plants squezed out Qantas and the new race for critical minerals began
挤下地缘政治!美银调查:一向稳健的债券投资...
jǐ xià dì yuán zhèng zhì ! měi yín diào chá : yī xiàng wěn jiàn de zhài quàn tóu zī . . .
Squeeze out geopolitics! Bank of America survey: Bond investment, which has always been steady...
春晚的另一场“巷战”:AI挤进春节档,不止为了发红..
chūn wǎn de lìng yī chǎng xiàng zhàn jǐ jìn chūn jié dǎng , bù zhǐ wéi le fā hóng . .
Another "Alley-oop" at the Spring Festival Gala: AI is squeezing into the Spring Festival slot, not just to send out red...
晴天，海滩总是很拥挤。
Qíngtiān, hǎitān zǒngshì hěn yōngjǐ.
On sunny days, the beach is very crowded.
雅尼刚刚对他的挤奶桶进行了消毒。
Yǎ ní gānggang duì tā de jǐnǎi tǒng jìnxíng le xiāodú.
Yanni has just sterilized his milking bucket.
体育场挤满了棒球迷。
Tǐyùchǎng jǐmǎn le bàngqiúmí.
The stadium was flooded with baseball fans.
我挣扎着挤出地铁。
Wǒ zhēngzhá zhe jǐchū dìtiě.
I struggled to get out of the subway.
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