HSK 6 · Verbs

强迫 qiǎngpò “to force” in Chinese

Traditional 強迫

What 强迫 means

  1. to force
  2. to compel

How to say 强迫

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale强qiǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale迫pò4th tone, falling

强迫 in a sentence

  1. 不要强迫自己做不喜欢的事情。

    Búyào qiǎngpò zìjǐ zuò bù xǐhuan de shìqing.

    Don’t force yourself to do things that you don’t like.

    Sentence #2482687 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 没有人强迫你帮我。

    Méiyǒu rén qiǎngpò nǐ bāng wǒ.

    Nobody forced you to help me.

    Sentence #6219313 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 学习不该被强迫，而是该被鼓励。

    Xuéxí bùgāi bèi qiǎngpò, érshì gāi bèi gǔlì.

    Learning should not be forced, but rather encouraged.

    Sentence #3739044 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 强迫 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 强 (qiáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
强qiǎngto force
  • 弓bow · gōngMeaning part
  • 虽although · suī

弓 hints at the meaning (bow); 虫 (chóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiǎng.

The character 迫 (pò) with each of its parts in a different colour
迫pòto persecute
  • 白white · báiSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 白 (bái) hints at the sound. Compare it with pò.

How to write 强迫

强 12 strokes · 迫 8 strokes

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强迫 (qiǎngpò) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 强迫 (qiǎngpò). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 强迫

Words with 强

强qiáng · strong强调qiángdiào · to emphasise (a statement)坚强jiānqiáng · staunch强烈qiángliè · strong倔强juéjiàng · stubborn勉强miǎnqiǎng · reluctantly顽强wánqiáng · tenacious强制qiángzhì · compulsory

Words with 迫

迫切pòqiè · urgent逼迫bīpò · to force紧迫jǐnpò · urgent迫害pòhài · to persecute压迫yāpò · to oppress迫不及待pòbùjídài · too impatient to wait

More words: Common Verbs

掐qiā · to pinch牵qiān · to lead (by the hand or a rope)牵扯qiānchě · to involve抢救qiǎngjiù · to rescue迁就qiānjiù · to accommodate迁徙qiānxǐ · to migrate牵制qiānzhì · to contain翘qiào · to stick up

FAQs

强迫 (qiǎngpò) means “to force” or “to compel”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiǎngpò: qiǎng with a 3rd tone, then pò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 强迫 is written 強迫. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiangpo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 强迫 from the suggestions. Typing qiangpo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
强迫 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.