HSK 6 · Society

迫害 pòhài “to persecute” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 迫害 means

  1. to persecute
  2. persecution

How to say 迫害

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale迫pò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale害hài4th tone, falling

迫害 in a sentence

  1. 他们受到迫害。

    Tāmen shòudào pòhài.

    They were persecuted.

    Sentence #5611555 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 迫害 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 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.

The character 害 (hài) with each of its parts in a different colour
害hàito do harm to
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 丰abundant · fēng
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 迫害

迫 8 strokes · 害 10 strokes

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

Words related to 迫害

Words with 迫

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

Words with 害

害怕hàipà · afraid of厉害lìhai · impressive害羞hàixiū · shy伤害shānghài · to hurt危害wēihài · to harm灾害zāihài · calamity利害lìhai · terrible陷害xiànhài · to frame

More words: Society & Law

奴隶núlì · slave殴打ōudǎ · to beat up派别pàibié · faction判决pànjué · verdict抢劫qiǎngjié · to rob强制qiángzhì · compulsory谴责qiǎnzé · to condemn侵犯qīnfàn · to infringe

FAQs

迫害 (pòhài) means “to persecute” or “persecution”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pòhài: pò with a 4th tone, then hài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 迫害 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pohai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 迫害 from the suggestions. Typing pohai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
迫害 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.