胁 xié to threaten
to threaten; to coerce
怎么记住“胁”: 月 meat + 办 manage = to threaten. The butcher refuses to sell meat to the gang, so they come back, manage to fake an inspection, and try to threaten him.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
originally 劦 + 肉
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
胁 = 月 meat + 办 manage
- 月 meat meaning
- 办 manage shape only
- 力 power
- 八 eight
The butcher refuses to sell meat to the gang, so they come back, manage to fake an inspection, and try to threaten him.
How it came to be
The flesh gives the meaning; the simplified form writes the sound part of the full form in a simpler way.
用法
- 胁 is bound and almost only appears in one word: 威胁 wēixié, meaning 'to threaten' or 'a threat,' both as verb and noun.
- 受到威胁 (shòudào wēixié), to be threatened; 威胁到 (wēixié dào), to pose a threat to (something).
- It's more forceful than 吓唬 xiàhu (to scare/bluff, casual), and used in serious, often written contexts (security, safety, relationships).
含“胁”的词语
例句
- 儿子得意地要胁妈妈。 Érzi déyì de yāoxié māma.The son smugly coerces his mother.