bik1 bik1逼迫
Jyutpingbik1 bik1
Yalebīk bīk
Definition
To force or compel someone using pressure, or to persecute and victimize them.
- to force; to compel; to coerce
- to persecute; to victimize; to treat cruelly and unjustly
colloquialpeopleemotion
How it's used
While 逼迫 carries a strong sense of coercion or pressure, it is often used in interpersonal contexts to describe someone being pushed beyond their limits. It implies a sense of unfairness or emotional burden rather than just a simple command. In casual speech, people might also use 逼或者迫 to express similar ideas of pressure.
Examples
He is always forcing the child to study, causing the kid a lot of stress.
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse 逼迫 with 逼, which is a more general term for crowding or forcing someone to do something. 逼迫 carries a heavier, more serious tone of persecution or intense psychological pressure, whereas 逼 is frequently used for physical situations like being crowded on the MTR.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
