迫
pòpǎi HSK4

coerce

迫 pò frequency
force verb
to compel or pressure someone into doing something against their will

迫于生活压力，他不得不身兼数职。

pò yú shēng​huó yā​lì, tā bù​dé​bù shēn jiān shù zhí.

Forced by the pressures of life, he had to work several jobs.

approach verb
to draw near or move towards a specific point

由于敌军迫近，全城进入了警戒状态。

yóu​yú dí​jūn pò jìn, quán chéng jìn​rù le jǐng​jiè zhuàng​tài.

As the enemy forces approached, the entire city went into a state of alert.

urgent adjective
pressing or requiring immediate attention and action

当前形势非常紧迫，我们必须尽快撤离。

dāng​qián xíng​shì fēi​cháng jǐn pò, wǒ​men bì​xū jǐn​kuài chè​lí.

The current situation is very urgent; we must evacuate as soon as possible.

迫 (廹) pò
embarrassed adjective
feeling constrained, awkward, or in a difficult or straitened situation

面对这突如其来的请求，他感到十分窘迫。

miàn​duì zhèi tū​rú​qí​lái de qǐng​qiú, tā gǎn​dào shí​fēn jiǒng pò.

He felt very embarrassed in the face of this sudden request.

persecute verb
to subject someone to hostility or ill-treatment; to oppress

那段历史中，许多人遭到了政治迫害。

nà duàn lì​shǐ zhōng, xǔ​duō rén zāo​dào le zhèng​zhì pò hài.

In that period of history, many people suffered political persecution.

迫 pǎi
press noun
used in 迫击炮 pǎi​jī​pào (mortar)

战士们正在操作迫击炮攻击敌人的阵地。

zhàn​shì men zhèng​zài cāo​zuò pǎi jī pào gōng​jī dí​rén de zhèn​dì.

The soldiers are operating mortars to attack the enemy positions.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,006th most common 159.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,233rd most common 67.4 per million appears in 33% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.88 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
8.55 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+8FEB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)