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Jyutping kit3
Pinyin è

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to restrain/to check/to hold back/to stop/to suppress/to curb

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Jyutping ngaat3
Pinyin è

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to restrain/to check/to hold back/to stop/to suppress/to curb

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Jyutping aat3
Pinyin è

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to restrain
  2. to check
  3. to hold back
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to restrain/to check/to hold back/to stop/to suppress/to curb
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    抑制​;​制止
    to suppress
    • 遏止
      遏止
      aat3 zi2
      to suppress
    • 怒不可遏
      怒不可遏
      nou6 bat1 ho2 aat3
      unable to restrain one's anger; in a towering rage
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    to stop; to suppress; to curb; to check
  2. character, Min-Nan
    to snap something off; to break something
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. stop, suppress, curb, check
  2. a bar
  3. Cangjie Input
    YAPV
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #226
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我无法遏制住我的怒火。
    我無法遏制住我的怒火。
    wǒ wú fǎ è zhì zhù wǒ de nù huǒ 。
    • I couldn't control my anger.
    • I couldn't hold back my anger.
    • I could not control my anger.
    • I couldn't contain my anger.
  2. Mandarin
    他怒不可遏。
    他怒不可遏。
    tā nù bù kě è 。
    • He couldn't control his anger.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    遏止
    遏止
    aat3 zi2
    • to suppress
  2. Cantonese
    怒不可遏
    怒不可遏
    nou6 bat1 ho2 aat3
    • unable to restrain one's anger; in a towering rage
  3. Cantonese
    政府必须尽力遏止犯罪率上升。
    政府必須盡力遏止犯罪率上升。
    zing3 fu2 bit1 seoi1 zeon6 lik6 aat3 zi2 faan6 zeoi6 leot2 soeng6 sing1.
    • The government must do all it can to stop the crime rate from rising.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    嗣武受之、胜殷遏刘、耆定尔功。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionSì Wǔ shòu zhī, shèng yīn è liú, zhǐ dìng ěr gōng. [Pinyin]Thou did'st receive the inheritance from him;
    嗣武受之、胜殷遏刘、耆定尔功。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionSì Wǔ shòu zhī, shèng yīn è liú, zhǐ dìng ěr gōng. [Pinyin]Thou did'st receive the inheritance from him;
    Thou didst vanquish yin , and put a stop to its cruelties ; -
    • Effecting the firm establishment of thy merit.