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威胁

wēi xié

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 威脅

威胁 (wēi xié) means "to threaten". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 威胁 means

1. to threaten; to menace

The characters in 威胁

• 威wēipower; might; prestige
• 胁xiéflank (the side of one's torso); to coerce; to threaten

Example sentences

• 他威胁我。
  He is threatening me.
• 他威胁要公开。
  He threatened to make it public.
• 汤姆威胁过你吗？
  Did Tom ever threaten you?
• 你这是在威胁我吗？
  Are you threatening me?
• 我一点也不怕他威胁。
  I am not in the least afraid of his threats.
• 他的生命受到了威胁。
  His life is in danger.

Words containing 威胁

• 军事威胁jūn shì wēi xiémilitary threat
• 潜在威胁qián zài wēi xiépotential threat; potential menace

Where 威胁 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Facing Challenges & Confrontation (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wēi xié correctly.
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