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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bī | bi1
English translation
variant of [bī]
to compel
to pressure
to bother, to pressure; to compel, to force

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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walk

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶畐

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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眼珠子 yǎn zhū zi 咄咄 duō duō rén de 盯住 dīng zhù 郭世富, 企图 qǐtú 逼他屈服 qūfú .

He looked at Guo Shifu compellingly . He wanted to force him to submit.

经常 jīngcháng 摆出 bǎi chū 咄咄逼人 duō duō bī rén de 气势 qìshì ,象是 yāo zhǎo 他们 tā men 的岔 ér .

She had an oppressive air of expecting subtle things of them.

yāo shì bèi le ,甚至 shènzhì zuì 弱小 ruò xiǎo de 动物 dòngwù huì huí 咬一 kǒu .

Even the weakest animal will bite back when it is cornered.

赫斯看到这么 zhè me 步步 bù bù 紧逼 jǐn bī 几乎 jīhū yāo rǎng le 出来 chū lái .

Hurstwood almost exclaimed out loud at the insistency of this thing.

tiáo shé shǎng 前来 qián lái ,安娜 Ān nà 直往 Hòu 退 tuì .

Anna recoiled in horror as the snake approached.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to compel
逼近 bī jìn to close in on逼近 bī jìn
逼迫 bīpò to force逼迫 bīpò
逼真 bī zhēn lifelike逼真 bī zhēn
逼供 bī gòng to extort a confession逼供 bī gòng
咄咄逼人 duō duō bī rén overbearing咄咄逼人 duō duō bī rén
逼人 bī rén pressing逼人 bī rén
逼死 bī sǐ to hound sb to death逼死 bī sǐ
威逼 wēi bī to threaten威逼 wēi bī
紧逼 jǐn bī to press hard緊逼
逼问 bī wèn to interrogate逼問
进逼 jìn bī to advance on sth進逼
强逼 qiǎng bī to compel強逼
逼和 bī hé to force a draw (in chess, competition etc)逼和 bī hé
逼视 bī shì to watch intently逼視
威逼利诱 wēi bī lì yòu to make threats and promises威逼利誘
逼上梁山 bī shàng liáng shān to drive to revolt逼上梁山 bī shàng liáng shān
逼债 bī zhài to dun逼債
硬逼 yìng bī to pressure硬逼 yìng bī
逼良为娼 bī liáng wéi chāng to debauch逼良為娼
官逼民反 guān bī mín fǎn a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people官逼民反 guān bī mín fǎn
催逼 cuī bī to press (for a payment)催逼 cuī bī
追逼 zhuī bī to press追逼 zhuī bī
逼人太甚 bī rén tài shèn to push sb too far逼人太甚 bī rén tài shèn
逼供信 bī gòng xìn confession under duress逼供信 bī gòng xìn

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