HSK 6 · Verbs

逼迫 bīpò “to force” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 逼迫 means

  1. to force
  2. to compel
  3. to coerce

How to say 逼迫

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale逼bī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale迫pò4th tone, falling

逼迫 in a sentence

  1. 我的上司被逼迫辞职。

    Wǒ de shàngsi bèi bīpò cízhí.

    My boss was forced to resign.

    Sentence #3065605 from Tatoeba

How 逼迫 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 逼 (bī) with each of its parts in a different colour
逼bīto compel
  • 畐to fillSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 畐 () hints at the sound. Compare it with bī.

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 逼迫

逼 12 strokes · 迫 8 strokes

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

Words related to 逼迫

Words with 迫

迫切pòqiè · urgent强迫qiǎngpò · 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

编织biānzhī · to knit憋biē · to hold in (breath并列bìngliè · to stand side by side濒临bīnlín · to be on the verge of拨bō · to dial搏斗bódòu · to fight补救bǔjiù · to remedy部署bùshǔ · to deploy

FAQs

逼迫 (bīpò) means “to force” or “to compel”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bīpò: bī with a 1st 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.
Yes. 逼迫 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bipo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 逼迫 from the suggestions. Typing bipo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
逼迫 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.