不可避

bùkěbì

adjective

Meanings

1 unavoidable
2 inescapable

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

这场冲突几乎是不可避的。

Zhè chǎng chōngtū jīhū shì bùkěbì de.

This conflict was almost unavoidable.

HSK 5

随着技术进步，变化不可避。

Suízhe jìshù jìnbù, biànhuà bùkěbì.

As technology advances, change is inescapable.

Tips

mistakes

The everyday phrase is 不可避免 (four characters); 不可避 alone reads as more terse / literary and is less common in modern speech. Avoid using 不可避 in casual conversation; pick 不可避免 instead.

Stroke Order

不 bù

可 kě

避 bì