恐嚇

See also: 恐吓

Chinese

		afraid; frightened; to fear	to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten
trad. (恐嚇)		恐	嚇
simp. (恐吓)		恐	吓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǒnghè

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄏㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² haak³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiúng-hot
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khióng-hek / khióng-hiak

(Teochew, Peng'im): kiong² hêh⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒnghè
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄏㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒnghè
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung³-ho⁴
  - Yale: kǔng-hè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koongheh
  - Palladius: кунхэ (kunxɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung² haak³
  - Yale: húng haak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung² haak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung² hag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ haːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiúng-hot
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiung^ˋ hod^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiung³ hod⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯uŋ³¹ hot̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khióng-hek
  - Tâi-lô: khióng-hik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiofngheg
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khióng-hiak
  - Tâi-lô: khióng-hiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiofnghiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiak̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kiong² hêh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khióng heh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰioŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ heʔ²/

Verb

恐嚇

(transitive) to threaten; to intimidate

Synonyms

哄嚇 / 哄吓 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
哄翕 (Xiamen Hokkien)
嚇唬 / 吓唬 (xiàhu) (colloquial)
威嚇 / 威吓
威脅 / 威胁 (wēixié) (also used figuratively)
恐喝 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
恫嚇 / 恫吓 (dònghè)

Derived terms

恐嚇信 / 恐吓信

See also

脅迫／胁迫 (xiépò)