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强迫

qiǎng pò

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 強迫

强迫 (qiǎng pò) means "to compel". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 强迫 means

1. to compel
2. to force

The characters in 强迫

• 强qiángstrong; powerful; better
• 迫pòto force; to compel; to approach or go towards

Example sentences

• 他强迫她坐下。
  He forced her to sit down.
• 她强迫他坐下。
  She forced him to sit down.
• 他被强迫签了约。
  They made him sign the contract against his will.
• 军队强迫他辞职。
  The army forced him to resign.
• 她强迫他吃菠菜。
  She forced him to eat spinach.
• 汤姆被强迫回家。
  Tom was forced to return home.

Words starting with 强迫

• 强迫症qiǎng pò zhèngobsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• 强迫性qiǎng pò xìngcompulsive; obsessive
• 强迫劳动qiǎng pò láo dòngforced labor (as punishment in criminal case)
• 强迫观念qiǎng pò guān niàncompelling notion; obsession
• 强迫性性行为qiǎng pò xìng xìng xíng wéisexual obsession
• 强迫性储物症qiǎng pò xìng chǔ wù zhèngcompulsive hoarding

Where 强迫 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qiǎng–qiáo (HSK 6), 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 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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