HSK 6 · Society

强制 qiángzhì “compulsory” in Chinese

Traditional 強制

What 强制 means

  1. compulsory
  2. to compel
  3. to enforce
  4. to force
  5. to coerce
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • forced

How to say 强制

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale强qiáng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale制zhì4th tone, falling

强制 in a sentence

  1. 我感觉我被强制帮助她。

    Wǒ gǎnjué wǒ bèi qiángzhì bāngzhù tā.

    I feel like I’m being forced to help her.

    Sentence #353622 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 政府将采取强制措施来解决这一问题。

    Zhèngfǔ jiāng cǎiqǔ qiángzhì cuòshī lái jiějué zhè yí wèntí.

    The government will take compulsory measures to solve this problem.

    Sentence #4546983 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 强制 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qiángstrong
  • 弓bow · gōngMeaning part
  • 虽although · suī

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

The character 制 (zhì) drawn as one shape
制zhìsystem

制 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 强制

强 12 strokes · 制 8 strokes

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

Words related to 强制

Words with 强

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

Words with 制

控制kòngzhì · to control限制xiànzhì · to restrict制定zhìdìng · to draw up制造zhìzào · to manufacture制作zhìzuò · to make制度zhìdù · system (of rules)复制fùzhì · to duplicate制服zhìfú · uniform遏制èzhì · to curb节制jiézhì · to control

More words: Society & Law

派别pàibié · faction判决pànjué · verdict迫害pòhài · to persecute抢劫qiǎngjié · to rob谴责qiǎnzé · to condemn侵犯qīnfàn · to infringe情报qíngbào · intelligence歧视qíshì · to discriminate against

FAQs

强制 (qiángzhì) means “compulsory” or “to compel”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiángzhì: qiáng with a 2nd tone, then zhì 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, 强制 is written 強制. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiangzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 强制 from the suggestions. Typing qiangzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
强制 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.