Chinese symbol for “persecute”
迫害
pò hài
to persecute
The closest CC-CEDICT match for persecute is 迫害 (pò hài), defined as: to persecute.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “persecute”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迫 (廹) | pò | variant of 迫 (pò); to persecute |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 迫害.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 被迫 | bèi pò | to be compelled; to be forced |
| 强迫 (強迫) | qiǎng pò | to compel; to force |
| 迫使 | pò shǐ | to force; to compel |
| 压迫 (壓迫) | yā pò | to oppress; to repress |
| 迫切 | pò qiè | urgent; pressing |
| 伤害 (傷害) | shāng hài | to injure; to harm |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared |
| 厉害 (厲害) | lì hai | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; a |
See also: Japanese symbol for “persecute”.
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.