HSK 5 · Verbs

逃避 táobì “to escape” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 逃避 means

  1. to escape
  2. to evade
  3. to avoid
  4. to shirk

How to say 逃避

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale逃táo2nd 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

逃避 in a sentence

  1. 逃避并不能解决问题。

    Táobì bìng bùnéng jiějué wèntí.

    Running away from a problem won’t solve it.

    Sentence #2456618 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你为什么总是逃避这个话题？

    Nǐ wèishénme zǒngshì táobì zhè ge huàtí?

    Why do you always avoid this topic?

    Sentence #1259917 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 不要逃避我的问题。

    Búyào táobì wǒ de wèntí.

    Don’t dodge my question.

    Sentence #431535 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 逃避 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 逃 (táo) with each of its parts in a different colour
逃táoto escape
  • 兆omen · zhàoSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 兆 (zhào) hints at the sound. Compare it with táo.

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 逃避

逃 9 strokes · 避 16 strokes

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

Words related to 逃避

Words with 逃

逃táo · to escape

Words with 避

避免bìmiǎn · to avoid回避huíbì · to avoid

More words: Common Verbs

撕sī · to tear碎suì · to shatter缩短suōduǎn · to shorten逃táo · to escape提倡tíchàng · to promote体贴tǐtiē · considerate (of other people’s needs)体现tǐxiàn · to embody体验tǐyàn · to experience for oneself

FAQs

逃避 (táobì) means “to escape” or “to evade”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it táobì: táo 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.
Yes. 逃避 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type taobi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 逃避 from the suggestions. Typing taobi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
逃避 is an HSK 5 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.