避 bì to avoid
to avoid; to turn away; to hide; to hide from
怎么记住“避”: 辶 walking + 辟 law = to avoid. Knowing he broke the law, the pickpocket stops running and starts walking calmly into a side street, desperate to avoid the police.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
避 = 辶 walking + 辟 law
- 辶 walking meaning
- 辟 law sound
Knowing he broke the law, the pickpocket stops running and starts walking calmly into a side street, desperate to avoid the police.
How it came to be
In the small seal form, walking gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound: to step aside.
用法
- Bound character meaning "avoid/dodge," almost always inside two-syllable compounds.
- 避免 bìmiǎn is the formal way to say "avoid doing something," taking a verb phrase as object: 避免迟到 (bìmiǎn chídào) "avoid being late", everyday speech would just use 别/不要.
- 回避 huíbì is for dodging a topic or question, 逃避 táobì is for shirking a duty or responsibility, and 躲避 duǒbì is for physically hiding from something like rain or danger, same English "avoid," different targets.
含“避”的词语
例句
- 带把伞出去，避免淋雨。 Dài bǎ sǎn chūqù, bìmiǎn línyǔ.Bring along an umbrella to avoid the rain.