強要

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 強欲 (“to insist on; almost; nearly”).
(This term is a variant form of 強欲).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きょう
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きょーよー [kyòóyóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kʲo̞ːjo̞ː]

Noun

(きょう)(よう) • (kyōyō

  1. coercion, a demand

Verb

(きょう)(よう)する • (kyōyō surutransitive suru (stem (きょう)(よう) (kyōyō shi), past (きょう)(よう)した (kyōyō shita))

  1. to compel; to coerce; to exact

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

強要 • (gang'yo) (hangeul 강요)

  1. hanja form? of 강요 (coercion, pressure)