避

bì

verb HSK 4 #6,372

Meanings

Contains the movement radical 辶, indicating the action of moving away to avoid something.

Xià yǔ le, wǒmen zhǎo gè dìfang bì yī bì ba.

It's raining, let's find a place to take shelter.

Tā zǒngshì bì zhe wǒ.

He is always avoiding me.

Zhège huàtí hěn nán bì kāi.

This topic is hard to avoid.

usage

避 appears in many compounds: 避免 (to avoid), 避开 (to dodge/get out of the way), 躲避 (to hide from), 避难 (to take refuge), 避暑 (to escape the heat).

grammar

避 can be reduplicated as 避一避 to soften the tone: 让我避一避 (let me get out of the way for a bit).

避 bì