逼

bī

“To compel” in Chinese is 逼 (bī).

Other characters with the syllable bi: see all 20 →

Meaning

to compel
to pressure
to force (sb to do sth)

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to press for
to extort
to press on towards
to press up to
to close in on
euphemistic variant of 屄[bi1]
variant of 逼[bi1]

Example

我的上司被逼迫辞职。

My boss was forced to resign.

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

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Words containing 逼

逼近bījìnto press on towardsHSK 7-9 逼迫bīpòto forceHSK 7-9 逼真bīzhēnlifelikeHSK 7-9

More HSK 6 characters

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