# 威胁 (wēixié)

In Mandarin Chinese, 威胁 (wēixié) means “to threaten”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to threaten
- Pinyin: wēixié (wei1 xie2)
- Traditional: 威脅
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 环境污染威胁着人类健康。
  Huánjìng wūrǎn wēixiézhè rénlèi jiànkāng.
  Environmental pollution threatens human health.

## Characters

- 威 (wēi): power; might
- 胁 (xié): flank (the side of one's torso); to coerce

https://hanziro.com/word/wei-xie-threaten/

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