趨吉避凶

Chinese

		to hasten; to hurry; walk fast	lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	avoid; shun; flee avoid; shun; flee; escape; leave; to keep away; to leave; to hide	fierce; terrible; ominous
trad. (趨吉避凶)		趨	吉	避	凶
simp. (趋吉避凶)		趋	吉	避	凶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūjíbìxiōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ gat¹ bei⁶ hung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūjíbìxiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyujíbìsyong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-chi²-pi⁴-hsiung¹
    • Yale: chyū-jí-bì-syūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiujyibihshiong
    • Palladius: цюйцзибисюн (cjujczibisjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ pi⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹ gat¹ bei⁶ hung¹
    • Yale: chēui gāt beih hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ gat⁷ bei⁶ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ ged¹ béi⁶ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ kɐt̚⁵ pei̯²² hʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

趨吉避凶

1. to seek good fortune and avoid disasters