The victim of blackmail has been paying hush money for years, but now he realizes it is foolish, and has decided not to pay a red cent more.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
勒索
to blackmail
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to blackmail
02
to extort
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 勒索 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 勒索 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 勒索.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 勒索.
Directly before
- 被勒索1
Directly after
- 勒索支付1
- 勒索钜额1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 勒索
What does 勒索 mean in Chinese?
勒索 (lèsuǒ) means to blackmail.
How do you pronounce 勒索?
勒索 is pronounced lèsuǒ.
Is 勒索 an HSK word?
勒索 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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