逼 is also the simplified spelling of 偪.
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逼
Mandarin · pinyin bī
Meanings
- to force (sb to do sth)
- to compel
- to press for
- to extort
- to press on towards
- to press up to
- to close in on
- euphemistic variant of 屄 bī
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- 逼
- bī · compel, pressure, force; bother
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Mandarin tones
1 · bi1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bik1
Cantonese word readings for 逼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to compel; to pressure; to force
- to press for; to extort
- to approach; to press on
- (literary) narrow
- (Cantonese) alternative form of 迫 (“crowded; packed”)
character · Etymology 2
- (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to interpret (one's fortune, etc.)
character · Etymology 3
- (Mandarin) euphemistic form of 屄 (bī)
character · Etymology 4
- (Hokkien) alternative form of 煏
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