威逼

wēibī
  1. to threaten
  2. to coerce
  3. to intimidate

CEDICT

to threaten by force; to coerce; to intimidate

Wiktionary

以威势胁迫。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 威 wēi
  1. power
  2. might
  3. prestige
=2 逼 bī
  1. variant of 逼 bī
  2. to compel
  3. to pressure
=2 逼 bī
  1. to force (sb to do sth)
  2. to compel
  3. to press for
  4. to extort
  5. to press on towards
  6. to press up to
  7. to close in on
  8. euphemistic variant of 屄 bī

Containing this entry

威逼利诱 wēibīlìyòu to make threats and promises

Related entries

威吓 wēihè
  1. to threaten
  2. to intimidate
  3. to cow
恐吓 kǒnghè
  1. to threaten
  2. to menace
市長一家人一整天不斷遭到了恐嚇電話的騷擾。

The mayor's family was harassed with threatening phone calls all day.

Source: Tatoeba

要挟 yāoxié
  1. to threaten
  2. to blackmail
恫吓 dònghè
  1. to intimidate
  2. to threaten
吓 hè
  1. to scare
  2. to intimidate
  3. to threaten
  4. (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut
  5. (interjection showing astonishment)
你在嚇我。

You're frightening me.

Source: Tatoeba

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