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迫

pò

HSK 5 Character

What 迫 means

1. to force
2. to compel
3. to approach or go towards
4. urgent
5. pressing

Other readings

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

• pǎiused in {迫击炮|pǎi jī pào}
• pòvariant of {迫|pò}; to persecute; to oppress

Example sentences

• 他被迫加班。
  He was forced to work overtime.
• 我被迫吃了药。
  Wǒ bèipò chī le yào.
  I was forced to take medicine.
• 他们受到迫害。
  Tāmen shòudào pòhài.
  They were persecuted.
• 驻军被迫投降。
  Zhùjūn bèipò tóuxiáng.
  The garrison was forced to surrender.
• 他强迫她坐下。
  He forced her to sit down.
• 她强迫他坐下。
  She forced him to sit down.

Words starting with 迫

• 迫切pò qièurgent; pressing
• 迫害pò hàito persecute
• 迫不及待pò bù jí dài(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
• 迫使pò shǐto force; to compel
• 迫于pò yúconstrained; restricted; forced to
• 迫不得已pò bù dé yǐto have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances; forced into sth
• 迫在眉睫pò zài méi jiépressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
• 迫近pò jìnto approach; to press in
• 迫击炮pǎi jī pàomortar (weapon); Taiwan pr. pò jí pào
• 迫令pò lìngto order; to force
• 迫供pò gòngto extort a confession; Taiwan pr. pò gōng
• 迫促pò cùto urge; urgent; pressing
• 迫临pò línto approach; to press in
• 迫视pò shìto stare at; to watch intently
• 迫降pò jiàngto force a plane to land
• 迫切性pò qiè xìngurgency
• 迫胁pò xiéto coerce; fig. narrow

Words containing 迫

• 强迫qiǎng pòto compel; to force
• 压迫yā pòto oppress; to repress; to constrict
• 逼迫bī pòto force; to compel; to coerce
• 紧迫jǐn pòpressing; urgent
• 从容不迫cóng róng bù pòcalm; unruffled
• 被迫bèi pòto be compelled; to be forced
• 窘迫jiǒng pòpoverty-stricken; very poor; hard-pressed
• 胁迫xié pòto coerce; to compel; to force
• 急迫jí pòurgent; pressing; imperative
• 饥寒交迫jī hán jiāo pòbeset by hunger and cold (idiom); starving and freezing; in desperate poverty
• 强迫症qiǎng pò zhèngobsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• 交迫jiāo pòto be beleaguered
• 切迫qiè pòurgent
• 危迫wēi pòurgent; pressing danger
• 威迫wēi pòcoercion; to intimidate
• 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
• 贫病交迫pín bìng jiāo pòbeset by poverty and illness (idiom)
• 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
• 紧迫盯人jǐn pò dīng rén(sports) to closely guard an opponent; (fig.) to keep a close eye on sb…

Characters built on 白

These share the phonetic component 白 (bái), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 伯bófather's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
• 泊pōlake; Taiwan pr. bó
• 舶bóship
• 珀pòused in 琥珀
• 铂bóplatinum (chemistry)
• 魄pò(literary) soul; mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body)
• 帛bósilk
• 粕pògrains in distilled liquor

Characters that look like 迫

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

• 送sòngto send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off
• 追zhuīto chase; to pursue; to look into
• 迹jì(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī
• 逆nìcontrary; opposite; backwards
• 迭diéalternately; repeatedly
• 逅hòuused in 邂逅

Sounds the same

Read pò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 破broken; damaged; worn out
• 魄(literary) soul; mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body)
• 珀used in 琥珀
• 朴Celtis sinensis var. japonica
• 粕grains in distilled liquor
• 蒪myoga ginger (Zingiber mioga)