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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bì | bi4
English translation
to avoid
to shun
to flee
to escape
to keep away from
to leave
to hide from
to avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

foot

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶辟

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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gǎn 逃避 táobì wǎn dié !

Don't you dare try and get out of the washing - up!

jǐn 眼睛 yǎnjing 避开 bì kāi 强烈 qiángliè de 光线 guāng xiàn .

I screwed up my eyes against the strong light.

lǎo 舵手 duò shǒu 掉转 diào zhuǎn le chuán de 航向 háng xiàng ,我们 wǒmen cái 避免 bìmiǎn le 撞击 zhuàng jī 礁石 jiāo shí de 危险 wēixiǎn .

The old helmsman brought us about and we avoided a dangerous dash against the rocks.

发现 fāxiàn qiáo -正在 zhèngzài kěn 圣经 Shèng jīng , 便 biàn 难过 nánguò de 避开 bì kāi le zhè 扫兴 sǎo xìng 场景 chǎng jǐng .

He found Joe Harper studying a Testament, and turned sadly away from the depressing spectacle.

我们 wǒmen 不得不 bùdébù Mén kāi 逃避 táobì 火灾 huǒ zāi .

We had to break the door out to escape from the fire.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
避免 bìmiǎn to avert避免 bìmiǎn
逃避 táobì to escape逃避 táobì
to avoid
回避 huíbì to shun迴避
避开 bì kāi to avoid避開
躲避 duǒ bì to hide躲避 duǒ bì
不可避免 bù kě bì miǎn unavoidably不可避免 bù kě bì miǎn
避孕套 bì yùn tào condom避孕套 bì yùn tào
避难所 bì nàn suǒ refuge避難所
规避 guī bì to evade規避
避难 bì nàn refuge避難
避孕 bì yùn contraception避孕 bì yùn
避孕药 bì yùn yào oral contraceptive避孕藥
避暑 bì shǔ to prevent sunstroke避暑 bì shǔ
避风 bì fēng to lie low避風
避让 bì ràng to avoid避讓
避风港 bì fēng gǎng haven避風港
闪避 shǎn bì to dodge閃避
避讳 bì huì to avoid避諱
扬长避短 yáng cháng bì duǎn to play to one's strengths揚長避短
避雷针 bì léi zhēn lightning rod避雷針
避邪 bì xié to avoid evil spirits避邪 bì xié
退避三舍 tuì bì sān shè a strategic withdrawal退避三捨
避重就轻 bì zhòng jiù qīng to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial避重就輕
避嫌 bì xián to avoid arousing suspicion避嫌 bì xián

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Decomposition

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