迫害 meaning in English

pòhài

to persecute

HSK 7-9verb18 strokes

Meaning of 迫害

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pòhài
  1. to persecute

迫害 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

政zhèng治zhì迫pò害hài开kāi始shǐ了le。
The witch hunt has begun.
他tā们men受shòu到dào迫pò害hài。
They were persecuted.
尽jǐn管guǎn受shòu到dào暴bào君jūn的de迫pò害hài,英yīng雄xióng还hái顽wán强qiáng地dì斗dòu争zhēng。
In spite of the tyrant’s persecution, the hero valiantly carried on the struggle.

Stroke order for each character

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迫 pò · to compel · 8 strokes

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害 hài · to do harm to · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 迫害.

害怕hàipàto be afraid; to be scared
危害wēihàito harm; to jeopardize; to endanger; harmful effect; damage
伤害shānghàito injure; to harm
被迫bèipòto be compelled; to be forced
迫切pòqièurgent; pressing
厉害lìhai(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfa
强迫qiǎngpòto compel; to force
损害sǔnhàiharm; to damage
有害yǒu hàidestructive; harmful
灾害zāihàicalamity; disaster
压迫yāpòto oppress; to repress
杀害shāhàito murder

Questions about 迫害

What does 迫害 mean?

迫害 (pòhài) means "to persecute" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 迫害?

迫害 is made of 2 characters: 迫 (8 strokes), 害 (10 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 迫害 an HSK word?

Yes. 迫害 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.