jiǒng pò

HSK 7–9

窘迫 (jiǒng pò) is a Chinese word meaning “poverty-stricken; very poor; hard-pressed”.

Meanings

  1. 1poverty-stricken
  2. 2very poor
  3. 3hard-pressed
  4. 4in a predicament
  5. 5embarrassed
Part of speech
adjective

Characters in 窘迫

窘jiǒng · distressed迫pǎi · used in 迫擊炮|迫击炮[pai3 ji1 pao4]

Related words

强迫to compel被迫to be compelled; to be forced迫不及待(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay压迫to oppress迫使to force; to compel迫害to persecute紧迫pressing迫切urgent; pressing强迫症obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)逼迫to force胁迫to coerce迫击炮mortar (weapon)

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