Chinese symbol for “threaten”
威胁
wēi xié
Traditional: 威脅
to threaten; to menace
The closest CC-CEDICT match for threaten is 威胁 (wēi xié), defined as: to threaten; to menace.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “threaten”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恐吓 (恐嚇) | kǒng hè | to threaten; to menace |
| 威吓 (威嚇) | wēi hè | to threaten; to intimidate |
| 要挟 (要挾) | yāo xié | to threaten; to blackmail |
| 威逼 | wēi bī | to threaten; to coerce |
| 吓 (嚇) | hè | to scare; to intimidate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 威胁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 权威 (權威) | quán wēi | authority; authoritative |
| 示威 | shì wēi | to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration |
| 威力 | wēi lì | might; formidable power |
| 示威者 | shì wēi zhě | demonstrator; protester |
| 威望 | wēi wàng | prestige |
| 胁迫 (脅迫) | xié pò | to coerce; to compel |
| 胁持 (脅持) | xié chí | to hold under duress |
| 裹胁 (裹脅) | guǒ xié | to compel; to coerce |
See also: Japanese symbol for “threaten”.
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.