Chinese Word: 胁 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

胁 (Trad.: 脅)HSK 5

Pinyin: xié

English Definition: flank (the side of one's torso); to coerce; to threaten

Chinese Definition:
①从腋下到肋骨尽处的部分：胁下。
②逼迫恐吓：胁迫。威胁。裹胁。胁持。胁从。
③收敛：胁肩谄笑(收缩肩膀，强为媚悦之颜，形容谄媚人的丑态)。胁肩低眉(低三下四的样子)。胁肩累(l噄)足(形容恐惧。“累足”，小步快走)。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 肉

Ideographic:To control 办 another's body ⺼

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- ⺼ meat, flesh; organic compound
- 办 [ bàn ] to set up; to manage, to run; to deal with, to handle

Similar Characters: 肼协

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威胁HSK 5	wēi xié	to threaten; to menace
胁迫	xié pò	to coerce; to compel; to force
裹胁	guǒ xié	to compel; to coerce
胁肩谄笑	xié jiān chǎn xiào	to act obsequiously (idiom)
胸胁	xiōng xié	chest and hypochondrium; upper part of the body

1		zuì fàn 罪犯 wēi xié yào 威胁要 shā hài 杀害 rén zhì 人质。 The criminal threatened to kill the hostages.
2		tā 他 wēi xié yào 威胁要 bǎ 把 zhēn xiàng 真相 gōng zhī yú zhòng 公之于众。 He threatened to expose the truth to the public.
3		zhèng fǔ 政府 wēi xié yào 威胁要 duì 对 fǎn duì zhě 反对者 cǎi qǔ 采取 xíng dòng 行动。 The government threatened to take action against dissenters.
4		wú fǎ 无法 qīng shì 轻视 zhè ge 这个 wèn tí 问题 duì 对 gè rén 个人 ān quán 安全 de 的 wēi xié 威胁。 The threat to personal safety from this problem cannot be ignored.
5		zhè ge 这个 guó jiā 国家 jué bù huì 决不会 qū fú 屈服 yú 于 kǒng bù zhǔ yì 恐怖主义 de 的 wēi xié 威胁。 This country will never succumb to the threat of terrorism.

1		zuì fàn 罪犯 wēi xié yào 威胁要 shā hài 杀害 rén zhì 人质。 The criminal threatened to kill the hostages.
2		tā 他 wēi xié yào 威胁要 bǎ 把 zhēn xiàng 真相 gōng zhī yú zhòng 公之于众。 He threatened to expose the truth to the public.
3		zhèng fǔ 政府 wēi xié yào 威胁要 duì 对 fǎn duì zhě 反对者 cǎi qǔ 采取 xíng dòng 行动。 The government threatened to take action against dissenters.
4		wú fǎ 无法 qīng shì 轻视 zhè ge 这个 wèn tí 问题 duì 对 gè rén 个人 ān quán 安全 de 的 wēi xié 威胁。 The threat to personal safety from this problem cannot be ignored.
5		zhè ge 这个 guó jiā 国家 jué bù huì 决不会 qū fú 屈服 yú 于 kǒng bù zhǔ yì 恐怖主义 de 的 wēi xié 威胁。 This country will never succumb to the threat of terrorism.