Chinese

迫切

/pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
urgent; pressing
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese迫 “to coerce; to force; to compel”
    • meaningChinese辵 “to walk for a while and be still for a while”
      • ideaChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
      • ideaChinese止 “foot”
    • soundChinese白 “white”
  • characterChinese切 “to cut; to slice; to carve; to mince with a knife”
    • soundChinese七 “seven”
    • meaningChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張/张 c h; 叢/丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”

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