威
胁

To threaten in Chinese: 威胁 (wēi xié)

wēi xié

to threaten

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 威脅2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to threaten; to menace

Stroke order

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威
胁

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ㄨㄟ

wēi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

ㄒㄧㄝˊ

xié

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

威胁

Simplified

威脅

Traditional

Example sentences

See 威胁 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他威胁要公开。

    tā wēi xié yào gōng kāi。

    He threatened to make it public.

  • 你那时被人威胁了。

    nǐ nà shí bèi rén wēi xié le。

    You were being threatened.

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Related words

权威

quán wēi

authority

示威

shì wēi

to demonstrate (as a protest)

威风

wēi fēng

might

威力

wēi lì

might

威慑

wēi shè

to cower by military force

威信

wēi xìn

prestige

助威

zhù wēi

to cheer for

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