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逼

Mandarin · pinyin bī

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逼: bī · compel, pressure, force; bother

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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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