避

bì

HSK 4freq #6063

Meanings

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bì

1.to avoid
2.to shun
3.to flee
4.to escape
5.to keep away from
6.to leave
7.to hide from

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Wiktionary

1.to avoid; to escape; to dodge
2.to prevent; to keep away

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *beɡs): semantic 辶 (“to walk”) + phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ).

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Stroke order

Components

避辶辟

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我們要建避難所。
We're going to set up shelters.
湯姆盡量避開瑪麗。
Tom avoids Mary whenever possible.

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Synonyms

候防免除嚴防严防幸免戒備戒备提防謹防谨防避免防防備防备防止防範防范阻止預備预备預防预防閃躲開躲开

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Related words

避免 to avert 逃避 to escape 回避 to shun 回避 variant of 回避[huí bì]躲避 to hide 避难 to take refuge; to seek asylum 避暑 to be away for the summer holidays 避世 to shun the world 避署 to go on summer vacation 退避 to withdraw 规避 to evade 避役 chameleon