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 vũ 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 là 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."
  • Nó 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 có 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.
  • Nó 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