威脅

See also: 威胁 and 脅威

Chinese

		power; might; prestige	side of body; threaten
trad. (威脅)		威	脅
simp. (威胁)		威	胁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēixié

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄒㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ hip³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vî-hia̍p

(Hailu, HRS): vui^ˋ hiab^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): ŭi-hiĕk
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ui¹ hieh⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ui-hia̍p

(Teochew, Peng'im): ui¹ hiab⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ue-shiq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēixié
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄒㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weisié
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-hsieh²
  - Yale: wēi-syé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueishye
  - Palladius: вэйсе (vɛjse)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai¹ hip³
  - Yale: wāi hip
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ hip⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ hib³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ hiːp̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî-hia̍p
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˊ hiab
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹ hiab⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯ap̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vui^ˋ hiab^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /vui⁵³ hiap²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ŭi-hiĕk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵⁵ ^(h-)ieʔ⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ui¹ hieh⁷ [Phonetic: ui⁵ hieh⁷]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ui-hia̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵³³⁻¹¹ hiɛʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ui¹ hieh⁷ [Phonetic: ui⁵ hieh⁷]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ hiɛʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui-hia̍p
  - Tâi-lô: ui-hia̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui'hiap
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² hiap̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ui³³ hiap̚²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² hiap̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ hiap̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ hiap̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ui¹ hiab⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ui hia̍p
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui³³⁻²³ hiap̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ue-shiq
  - MiniDict: ue^平 shih
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ue-xiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ue⁵⁵ ɕiɪʔ²¹/

Middle Chinese: 'jw+j xjaep

Rime
Character	威	脅
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	業 (147)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於非切	虚業切
Baxter	'jw+j	xjaep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉi/	/hɨɐp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨi/	/hiɐp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəi/	/xiɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuj/	/hɨap̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəi/	/xiap̚/
Wang Li	/ĭwəi/	/xĭɐp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯i/	/xi̯ɐp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi	xie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai¹	hip³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔuj qʰ<r>ep/

(Zhengzhang): /*qul hlab/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	威	脅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēi	xié
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwɨj ›	‹ xjæp ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔuj/	/*qʰ<r>ep/
English	awe-inspiring	flank, side of the body
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	威	脅
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	12789	13783
Phonetic component	威	劦
Rime group	微	盍
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	威	脅
Old Chinese	/*qul/	/*hlab/

Verb

威脅

(literally, figuratively) to threaten; to menace; to intimidate
對……構成威脅／对……构成威胁 ― duì...... gòuchéng wēixié ― to pose a threat to something

Synonyms

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哄嚇 / 哄吓 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
哄翕 (Xiamen Hokkien)
嚇唬 / 吓唬 (xiàhu) (colloquial)
威嚇 / 威吓
恐喝 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
恫嚇 / 恫吓 (dònghè)
恐嚇 / 恐吓 (kǒnghè)

Derived terms

威脅性 / 威胁性 (wēixiéxìng)
威脅論 / 威胁论 (wēixiélùn)
死亡威脅 / 死亡威胁 (sǐwáng wēixié)

Korean

Hanja in this term
威	脅

Noun

威脅 • (wihyeop) (hangeul 위협)

hanja form^? of 위협 (“threat, menace”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
威	脅

Verb

威脅

chữ Hán form of uy hiếp:
1. to threaten; to intimidate
2. to put pressure on; to dominate