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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pò | po4
English translation
variant of [pò]
to persecute
to oppress
embarrassed
to compel, to force; pressing, urgent

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

walk

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶白

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

Bái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and Bái represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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这个 zhè ge 脉冲 mài chōng Néng 迫使 pò shǐ 断路器 duàn lù qì 切断 qiē duàn de 主机 zhǔ jī 30 miǎo .

That pulse forces the circuit breaker to shut down her mainframe for 30 seconds.

马丁 Mǎ dīng 迫不及待 pòbùjídài de děng zhāo ,西莉亚 gān 全身 quán shēn , shǎng chén .

Martin waited impatiently while she dried and put on a robe.

现在 xiànzài 施肥 shī féi 季节 jìjié 已经 yǐjīng kuài 过去 guòqu le ,我们 wǒmen de 客户 kèhù 迫切 pòqiè 需要 xūyào zhè 化肥 huàféi .

It is now late in season and our clients are in dire need of this fertilizer.

由于 yóuyú 生活 shēnghuó 窘迫 jiǒng pò ,一直 yīzhí 卖春 mài chūn 为生 wéi shēng .

She has been living from selling sex due to poverty.

参议员 cān yì yuán 被迫 bèi pò 承认 chéngrèn 曾经 céngjīng shōu Guò 那家公司 gōngsī de 一些 yī xiē Qián .

The senator was forced to avow openly that he had received some money from that company.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
强迫 qiǎngpò to compel強迫
被迫 bèi pò to be compelled被迫 bèi pò
迫不及待 pòbùjídài impatient (idiom); in a hurry迫不及待 pòbùjídài
压迫 yāpò to oppress壓迫
迫切 pòqiè urgent迫切 pòqiè
迫使 pò shǐ to force迫使 pò shǐ
to force
紧迫 jǐnpò pressing緊迫
迫害 pòhài to persecute迫害 pòhài
逼迫 bīpò to force逼迫 bīpò
胁迫 xié pò to coerce脅迫
迫击炮 pǎi jī pào mortar (weapon)迫擊炮
强迫症 qiǎng pò zhèng obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)強迫症
窘迫 jiǒng pò very poor窘迫 jiǒng pò
迫在眉睫 pò zài méi jié pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent迫在眉睫 pò zài méi jié
迫不得已 pò bù dé yǐ forced into sth迫不得已 pò bù dé yǐ
迫降 pò jiàng to force a plane to land迫降 pò jiàng
急迫 jí pò urgent急迫 jí pò
迫近 pò jìn to approach迫近 pò jìn
从容不迫 cóng róng bù pò calm從容不迫
饥寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò starving and freezing飢寒交迫
迫于 pò yú constrained迫於
迫切性 pò qiè xìng urgency迫切性 pò qiè xìng
强迫性 qiǎng pò xìng compulsive強迫性

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Decomposition

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