避
to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,074 U+907F
How 避 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “foot”) + 辟 (phonetic, pì)
How to remember it
evade · Heisig RSH #1187
hot sauce + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 辟
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 辟 (pì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辟 sound component | pì | law, rule; to open up, to develop |
| 壁 | bì | partition, wall; rampart |
| 臂 | bì | arm |
| 劈 | pī | to chop, to cut apart; to split |
| 璧 | bì | a jade annulus |
| 癖 | pǐ | craving, addiction; habit, hobby; indigestion |
| 僻 | pì | out-of-the-way, remote; unorthodox |
| 霹 | pī | thunderclap, crashing thunder |
| 擘 | bò | thumb; to rip, to tear; to split, to analyze |
| 譬 | pì | example; metaphor, simile |
| 噼 | pī | onomatopoetic, the sound of something cracking |
| 襞 | bì | pleat, fold, crease |
| 檗 | bò | tree |
| 嬖 | bì | a favorite, a minion; to show favor; to enjoy the favor of |
| 擗 | pǐ | to beat the breast |
| 甓 | pì | bricks, glazed tiles |
| 薜 | bì | evergreen shrub; Ligusticum |
| 鐾 | bèi | a flat iron cooking-plate for cakes |
Words containing 避
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 避不见面 | bì bù jiàn miàn | to refuse to meet sb; to avoid sb |
| 避风头 | bì fēng tou | to lie low (until the fuss dies down) |
| 防空避难所 | fáng kōng bì nàn suǒ | (Tw) air-raid shelter |
| 避而不 | bì ér bù | to avoid (doing sth) |
| 政治避难 | zhèng zhì bì nàn | political asylum |
| 防空避难 | fáng kōng bì nàn | (Tw) evacuation to an air-raid shelter |
| 避风处 | bì fēng chù | lee; windstop |
| 避雷器 | bì léi qì | lightning arrester |
| 避难所 | bì nàn suǒ | a refuge; a haven; a sanctuary |
| 避风港 | bì fēng gǎng | haven; refuge; harbor; CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4] |
| 避开 | bì kāi | to avoid; to evade; to keep away from |
| 避风 | bì fēng | to take shelter from the wind; to lie low; to stay out of trouble |
| 不可避免 | bù kě bì miǎn | (idiom) inevitable; unavoidable |
| 无可避免 | wú kě bì miǎn | see 不可避免[bu4 ke3 bi4 mian3] |
| 避实击虚 | bì shí jī xū | see 避實就虛|避实就虚[bi4 shi2 jiu4 xu1] |
| 避世 | bì shì | to shun the world |
| 回避 | huí bì | variant of 迴避|回避[hui2 bi4] |
| 回避 | huí bì | to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recus… |
| 扬长避短 | yáng cháng bì duǎn | to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom); to play to one's strengths |
| 避重就轻 | bì zhòng jiù qīng | to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial; to keep silent about major charges while … |