逼
bī HSK6

compel

逼 bī frequency
force verb
to force, compel, or extort from someone

他逼我签下了这份不平等的合同。

tā bī wǒ qiān​xià le zhè fèn bù píng​děng de hé​tong.

He forced me to sign this unfair contract.

approach verb
to press on towards, close in on, or be near to

刺骨的寒风穿过缝隙，直逼屋内。

cì​gǔ de hán​fēng chuān​guò fèng​xì, zhí bī wū​nèi.

The biting cold wind pierced through the gaps and into the room.

vulva (euphemism) verb
a euphemistic written variant for the vulgar word for female genitalia

他在墙上胡乱涂鸦，写了一些带逼字的脏话。

tā zài qiáng shàng hú​luàn tú​yā, xiě le yī​xiē dài bī zì de zāng​huà.

He scribbled graffiti on the wall, including some vulgarities.

逼 (偪) bī
compel verb
to force or coerce someone into doing something against their will

不要逼我做我不愿意做的事。

bù yào bī wǒ zuò wǒ bù yuàn​yì zuò de shì.

Don't force me to do things I don't want to do.

pressure verb
to urge or press someone persistently for a response or action

老板逼着我们必须在今天之内完成任务。

lǎo​bǎn bī zhe wǒ​men bì​xū zài jīn​tiān zhī​nèi wán​chéng rèn​wu.

The boss is forcing us to finish the task within today.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,559th most common 65.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,247th most common 66.0 per million appears in 31% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
78.3 per million appears in 28% of films
Written text
115.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+903C

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