How to say “threaten” in Chinese
threaten; threat
“Threaten” in Chinese is 威胁, wēi xié: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke.
How to pronounce it
威胁 is read wēi xié: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Inside, 女 “woman”; around it, a weapon, as in 戈.
On the left, 月 “flesh, body”: the first meaning is the sides, the ribs. On the right, 办, as in 协 xié.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “威胁”.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “threaten” in Chinese?
“Threaten” in Chinese is 威胁, pinyin wēixié.
What does 威胁 mean?
威胁 (wēixié) means “threaten; threat”.
How do you write 威胁?
威胁 is 2 characters: 威 (wēi) — might; formidable; 胁 (xié) — threaten; flank. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 威胁?
威胁 is read wēixié. Tones: wēi — first tone, xié — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“threaten” in the lesson “Disasters and damage”
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