Taxonomy of meanings for 迫:　　

  • 迫 pò (OC: praaɡ MC: pɯak) 博陌切 入 廣韻：【逼也近也急也附也 】
    • APPROACH
      • vt(oN)approach with sudden force or acute urgency
      • vtoNpress in on, come threateningly close to
    • NEAR
      • vibe very close together
      • vt+prep+Nbe squeezed in
      • vtoNstativebe geographically very close to so as to be possibly or typically threatened by
    • SUDDENLY
      • v-V1.adV2approaching with sudden force or acute urgency
    • THREATEN
      • vadNoppressed, under threat and under unacceptable pressure from outside,
      • vt+prep+Nthreaten, suppress, coerce
      • vtoNsuppress; coerce
      • vtoNpassivebe pressed upon; be supressed; come under pressure; feel oppressed
    • ENCOURAGE
      • URGENT
        • NARROW
          • DISTRESS
            • BAKE
              • BLOCK
              • 迫 pò (OC: praaɡ MC: pɯak) 博陌切 入 廣韻：【同迫 】
              • pòOPPRESS
                • vtoNmiddle voicebe oppressedCH
                • nabthe fact of being oppressedCH

              Additional information about 迫

              說文解字: 【迫】，近也。从辵、白聲。 【博陌切】

                Criteria
              • NEAR

                1. The dominant general word is jìn 近 (ant. yuǎn 遠 "far") which refers to any concrete or abstract proximity in space, time or quality.

                2. Jī 幾 typically refers to an abstract closeness or relatedness with relates neither to space nor to time.

                3. Pò 迫 and "precariously close" refer to spatial proximity of a potentially dangerous kind.

                4. Bó 薄 "very close" refers to spatial proximity primarily but is occasionally used in transferred metaphorical senses to refer to abstract proximity.

                5. Lín 鄰 is permanent geographical proxity.

                6. Eψ 邇 is an archaic and elevated general term for closeness.

                7. Proximity to a city can be expressed by the "postposiiton" xià 下.

              • APPROACH

                [DRAMATIC]/[UNDRAMATIC]

                [ELEVATED/VULGAR]

                [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

                [HIGH-DEGREE/LOW-DEGREE]

                [LITERAL/TRANSFERRED]

                1. The most current general word for approaching or getting close to anything is jìn 近 (ant. yuàn 遠 "remove oneself far from").

                [GENERAL], [LITERAL!]

                2. Jí 即 and jiù 就 (all ant. lí 離 "leave, move away from") refer neutrally to moving close to a certain place.

                [GENERAL]

                3. Bó 薄 and pò 迫 refers somewhat dramatically to moving (often precariously) close to something.

                [DRAMATIC], [LITERAL]

                4. Fù 附 is to move very close up indeed to something, often getting attached to it.

                [HIGH-DEGREE], [LITERAL]

                5. Qīn 親 (NB: shū 疏 is not used as an antonym for this meaning.) refers primarily to moving intimately close to something.

                [ELEVATED], [TRANSFERRED!]

                6. Lín 臨 is often used in ways characteristic of the dignified court style, but the word also commonly refers to getting close to a place or time in a natural course of events.

                [ELEVATED!], [GENERAL]

              • THREATEN

                1. The current general word for threatening is xié 脅.

                2. Pò 迫 emphasises the direct or even physical element of coercion, proximity between actor and patient, and the word is remarkably common in passive usages.

                3. Bī 逼 / 偪 refers to a mild form of often emotionally based more indirect pressure, and the word is commonly an active transitive verb with a direct object.

                4. Xié 挾 refers to gaining control over someone and then trying to force him to do as one tells him.

                Word relations
              • Assoc: (THREATEN)脅/THREATEN The current general word for threatening is xié 脅.
              • Assoc: (NEAR)近/NEAR The dominant general word is jìn 近 (ant. yuǎn 遠 "far") which refers to any concrete or abstract proximity in space, time or quality.