THREATEN    威脅脅

SPEAK OR ACT so as to CAUSE ANOTHER to FEAR one's FUTURE ACTS.
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Old Chinese Criteria
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.
Modern Chinese Criteria
威脅 威懾 脅迫 威迫 威逼 凌逼 恐嚇 脅迫 逼迫 脅 嚇 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • CAUSESITUATION OR THING which CAUSES something TO HAPPEN OR to be TRUE.
Hypernym
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
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  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 18.44

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  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1427

    逼，迫

    1. WL claims that the difference is between bi1 逼 indirect pressure and p4o 迫 direct pressure. This comes close, but bi1 逼 is often very direct pressure, and the main difference is in po4 迫 referring to coercion involving threats, and is mostly used in the passive to refer to someone being exposed to such undue coercion, whereas bi1 逼 refers to more emotional pressure, normally without that element straightforward coercion, and the word is usually used as a transitive verb.

    • Words (8 items)

    逼  bī OC: pɯɡ MC: pɨk
    逼  bī OC: pɯɡ MC: pɨk 47 Attributions

    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.

      Word relations

      Syntactic words
    • nabactthreatening behaviour; pressure
    • vt(oN)exert pressure on the contextually determinate person
    • vtoNencroach on, exert pressure on; exert undue pressure on (those above or below)
    • vtoNinchoativecome under adverse pressure, be under pressure (from neighbours)
    • vtoNpassivehave pressure exerted on one
    迫  pò OC: praaɡ MC: pɣɛk 28 Attributions

    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.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 脅/THREATEN The current general word for threatening is xié 脅.

      Syntactic words
    • 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
    脅  xié OC: qhlob MC: hi̯ɐp 13 Attributions

    The current general word for threatening is xié 脅.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 恐/FRIGHTEN Kǒng 恐 is sometimes used causatively and intensitively to refer to terrifying someone.
    • Assoc: 迫/THREATEN 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.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNthreaten; put under pressure; oppress
    • vtoNpassivebe threatened; be put under pressure
    臨  lín MC: lim OC: b-rɯm 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNderivedthreaten; menaceCS
    攝威  shè wēi OC: qhljeb qul MC: ɕiɛp ʔɨi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNimpose one's authority on by threats
    劫  jié 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoN.+V[0]threaten N to do VCH
    威脅  wēi xié MC: 'jw+j xjaemH OC: qul qhlob 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNtransitiveto threaten, to blackmail; to subjugate, to subdueCS
    挾  xié OC: ɡeeb MC: ɦep 0 Attributions

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

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNgain control of someone and try to get him to do something