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胁

xié

HSK 5 Character Traditional 脅

What 胁 means

1. flank (the side of one's torso)
2. to coerce
3. to threaten

Other readings

胁 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiévariant of {胁|xié}

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 starting with 胁

• 胁迫xié pòto coerce; to compel; to force
• 胁持xié chíto hold under duress
• 胁从犯xié cóng fànaccomplice under duress; coerced accomplice; induced accomplice

Words containing 胁

• 威胁wēi xiéto threaten; to menace
• 迫胁pò xiéto coerce; fig. narrow
• 军事威胁jūn shì wēi xiémilitary threat
• 潜在威胁qián zài wēi xiépotential threat; potential menace
• 胸胁xiōng xiéchest and hypochondrium; upper part of the body
• 裹胁guǒ xiéto compel; to coerce
• 斑胁田鸡bān xié tián jī(bird species of China) band-bellied crake (Zapornia paykullii)
• 红胁绣眼鸟hóng xié xiù yǎn niǎo(bird species of China) chestnut-flanked white-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)
• 骈胁pián xiéfused ribs (physical deformity)
• 红胁蓝尾鸲hóng xié lán wěi qú(bird species of China) red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
• 斑胁姬鹛bān xié jī méi(bird species of China) Himalayan cutia (Cutia nipalensis)
• 灰胁噪鹛huī xié zào méi(bird species of China) grey-sided laughingthrush (Pterorhinus caerulatus)
• 褐胁雀鹛hè xié què méi(bird species of China) rusty-capped fulvetta (Schoeniparus dubius)

Characters that look like 胁

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 标biāomark; sign; label
• 脉màiarteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 狮shī(bound form) lion
• 肪fánganimal fat
• 骄jiāoproud; arrogant

Sounds the same

Read xié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鞋shoe
• 斜inclined; slanting; oblique
• 协to cooperate; to harmonize; to help
• 携to carry; to take along; to bring along
• 谐(bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous; (literary) to reach agreement
• 邪demonic; iniquitous; nefarious
• 挟(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce…
• 偕in company with
• 叶to be in harmony
• 页head
• 颉(of a bird) to fly upwards; (of the neck) stiff
• 撷to collect; Taiwan pr. jié