Chinese symbol for “compel”
强迫
qiǎng pò
Traditional: 強迫
to compel; to force
The closest CC-CEDICT match for compel is 强迫 (qiǎng pò), defined as: to compel; to force.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “compel”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 强制 (強制) | qiáng zhì | to force; to compel; to coerce; forced; compulsory |
| 迫使 | pò shǐ | to force; to compel |
| 强 (強) | qiǎng | to force; to compel |
| 强逼 (強逼) | qiǎng bī | to compel; to force |
| 逼 (偪) | bī | variant of 逼 (bī); to compel |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 强迫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加强 (加強) | jiā qiáng | to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance |
| 强调 (強調) | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
| 强烈 (強烈) | qiáng liè | strong; intense |
| 强大 (強大) | qiáng dà | big and strong; formidable; powerful |
| 增强 (增強) | zēng qiáng | to increase; to strengthen |
| 强化 (強化) | qiáng huà | to strengthen; to intensify |
| 被迫 | bèi pò | to be compelled; to be forced |
| 迫害 | pò hài | to persecute |
See also: Japanese symbol for “compel”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.