迫使

pòshǐ

verb HSK 7-9 #8,265

Meanings

HSK 5

经济压力迫使他辞职了。

Jīngjì yālì pòshǐ tā cízhí le.

Financial pressure forced him to resign.

HSK 7-9

恶劣的天气迫使飞机延误。

Èliè de tiānqì pòshǐ fēijī yánwù.

The bad weather forced the flight to be delayed.

grammar

Pattern: A 迫使 B + verb. The subject (A) is typically a situation or force, not a person directly threatening another.

usage

迫使 is more formal than 逼. 逼 can be used colloquially (别逼我!), while 迫使 appears in news and formal writing.

迫 pò

使 shǐ