hiếp

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Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To oppress: To use superior strength or power to force someone into submission or to make them suffer unfairly.
    • To rape: To force someone to engage in sexual intercourse against their will, typically through violence or coercion.
Usage Examples
  • Verb (to oppress):
    • Kẻ mạnh không nên hiếp kẻ yếu. (The strong should not oppress the weak.)
    • Chúng dùng lực để hiếp dân làng. (They used force to oppress the villagers.)
  • Verb (to rape):
    • Tên tội phạm đã hiếp nạn nhân. (The criminal raped the victim.)
    • Hành vi hiếp dâm một tội ác nghiêm trọng. (The act of rape is a serious crime.)
Advanced Usage
  • The word is most commonly found in compound forms, which specify the type of oppression or violence.
  • "hãm hiếp": This is the standard and most explicit term meaning "to rape."
    • bị cáo buộc tội hãm hiếp. (He is accused of rape.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Hiếp đáp (v): To bully, to oppress and insult.
    • Học sinh đó thường xuyên bị hiếp đáp. (That student is often bullied.)
  • Cưỡng hiếp (v): To rape (emphasizing the "forcing" aspect). Synonymous with "hãm hiếp."
    • Bản án cho tội cưỡng hiếp rất nặng. (The sentence for rape is very severe.)
  • Ức hiếp (v): To intimidate, to oppress through threat.
    • Hắn ức hiếp người khác để lấy tiền. (He intimidates others to get money.)
  • Hà hiếp (v): To tyrannize, to act in a brutally oppressive way.
    • Không ai quyền hà hiếp người khác. (No one has the right to tyrannize others.)
  • Hiếp bức (v): To coerce, to compel by force.
  • Uy hiếp (v): To threaten, to menace (often without immediate physical action).
Synonyms
  • Oppress: subjugate, persecute, tyrannize.
  • Rape: violate, sexually assault, force oneself upon.
Related Idioms
  • Mạnh hiếp yếu: The strong oppress the weak. This describes a common, unjust social dynamic.
    • Xã hội đó tồn tại luật lệ mạnh hiếp yếu. (That society operates on the law of the strong oppressing the weak.)
  • Ăn hiếp: To take advantage of someone's weakness; to bully.
    • chỉ dám ăn hiếp những đứa nhỏ hơn. (He only dares to bully those who are smaller.)
verb
  1. to oppress
    • hãm hiếp
      to rape