迫

pò

HSK 43 readings

“To persecute” in Chinese is 迫 (pò).

Other characters with the syllable po: see all 7 →

Meaning

to persecute
to oppress
embarrassed

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to force
to compel
to approach or go towards
urgent
pressing
variant of 迫[po4]
used in 迫擊炮|迫击炮[pai3 ji1 pao4]

Example

他被迫加班。

He was forced to work overtime.

From 被迫 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

pòvariant of 迫 / to persecute / to oppress / embarrassed / to force / to compel / to approach or go towards / urgent / pressing
pǎiused in 迫擊炮|迫击炮

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Words containing 迫

被迫bèipòto be compelled; to be forcedHSK 4 迫切pòqièurgent; pressingHSK 4 强迫qiǎngpòto compelHSK 5 压迫yāpòto oppressHSK 6 逼迫bīpòto forceHSK 7-9 急迫jípòurgentHSK 7-9 紧迫jǐnpòpressingHSK 7-9 窘迫jiǒngpòpoverty-strickenHSK 7-9

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