HSK 6 · Verbs

回避 huíbì “to avoid” in Chinese

Traditional 迴避

What 回避 means

  1. to avoid
  2. to evade
  3. to shun
  4. to avoid (sb)
  5. to skirt
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to evade (an issue)
  • to step back
  • to withdraw

How to say 回避

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale回huí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale避bì4th tone, falling

回避 in a sentence

  1. 不要回避我的问题。

    Búyào huíbì wǒ de wèntí.

    Don’t dodge my question.

    Sentence #14028765 from Tatoeba

  2. 洋子回避我提出的问题。

    Yángzǐ huíbì wǒ tíchū de wèntí.

    Yoko avoided the question I asked.

    Sentence #347322 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 回避 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 回 (huí) with each of its parts in a different colour
回huíto go back; to return; to turn back
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidOne square inside another, like going round and coming back: to return.

The character 避 (bì) with each of its parts in a different colour
避bìto avoid
  • 辟law · bìSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 辟 (bì) hints at the sound. Compare it with bì.

How to write 回避

回 6 strokes · 避 16 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

回避 (huíbì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 回避 (huíbì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 回避

Words with 回

回huí · to return回来huílai · to return回去huíqu · to return回答huídá · to reply回忆huíyì · to recall回顾huígù · to look back挽回wǎnhuí · to retrieve回报huíbào · to repay回收huíshōu · to recycle

Words with 避

避免bìmiǎn · to avoid逃避táobì · to escape

More words: Common Verbs

划分huàfēn · to divide晃huàng · to sway缓和huǎnhé · to ease还原huányuán · to restore毁灭huǐmiè · to destroy混合hùnhé · to mix加剧jiājù · to intensify溅jiàn · to splash

FAQs

回避 (huíbì) means “to avoid” or “to evade”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huíbì: huí with a 2nd tone, then bì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 回避 is written 迴避. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huibi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 回避 from the suggestions. Typing huibi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
回避 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.