避事

Chinese

		avoid; shun; flee avoid; shun; flee; escape; leave; to keep away; to leave; to hide	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (避事)		避	事
simp. #(避事)		避	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìshìh
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: bì-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshyh
    • Palladius: биши (biši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 避世 壁飾／壁饰 閉市／闭市 幣市／币市 避事 拂士

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• Middle Chinese: bjieH dzriH

Rime
Character	避	事
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	毗義切	鉏吏切
Baxter	bjieH	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇH/	/d͡ʒɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɛH/	/d͡ʒieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biə̆H/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li Rong	/bieH/	/d͡ʒiəH/
Wang Li	/bǐeH/	/d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱie̯H/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei6	zi6

Verb

避事

1. to escape from affairs at work

   • 時義恭錄尚書事，受遺輔政，阿衡幼主，而引身避事，政歸近習。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     时义恭录尚书事，受遗辅政，阿衡幼主，而引身避事，政归近习。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shen Yue, Book of Song, 492-493 CE

     Shí Yìgōng lù shàngshū shì, shòu yí fǔzhèng, Ā Héng yòuzhǔ, ér yǐnshēn bìshì, zhèng guī jìnxí. [Pinyin]

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