粵

恐hung2嚇haak3

simp恐吓
hung2 haak3kǒng hè

English

  1. to threaten
  2. (verb) 1. Intimidate; (of legal terminology) Extortion
  3. to menace
  4. to blackmail; to intimidate; to cause fear, usually in order to coerce somebody to do or not do something

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 令到對方恐懼,通常係意圖支配其他人嘅行動

Examples

  • 市長一家人一整天不斷遭到了恐嚇電話的騷擾。

    The mayor's family was harassed with threatening phone calls all day.

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  • 恐嚇信

    blackmail letter

  • 我俾黑社會恐嚇。

    I was threatened by the triads.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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