回避

See also: 迴避

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 回避 – see 迴避 (“to avoid; to dodge; to evade; to withdraw; to recuse oneself”). (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 迴避).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	避
かい Grade: 2	ひ Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
廻避

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいひ [káꜜìhì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠içi]

Noun

回(かい)避(ひ) • (kaihi) ^{←くわいひ (kwaifi)?}

1. evasion (of responsibility, etc.)
2. avoidance of a negative outcome

   ギリシャのユーロ圏(けん)離(り)脱(だつ)回(かい)避(ひ)を目(め)指(ざ)すと発(はっ)表(ぴょう)した。

   Girisha no yūroken ridatsu kaihi o mezasu to happyō shita.

   They announced that they hoped to avoid Greece's exit from the Eurozone.

Synonyms

• (evasion): 忌(き)避(ひ) (kihi)

Derived terms

• 曖(あい)昧(まい)さ回(かい)避(ひ) (aimaisa kaihi)
• 回(かい)避(ひ)学(がく)習(しゅう) (kaihi gakushū)

Verb

回(かい)避(ひ)する • (kaihi suru) ^{←くわいひ (kwaifi)?}transitive suru (stem 回(かい)避(ひ)し (kaihi shi), past 回(かい)避(ひ)した (kaihi shita))

1. to evade
2. to avoid

   危(き)険(けん)を回(かい)避(ひ)した。

   Kiken o kaihi shita.

   We managed to avoid the danger.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "回避する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	回避し	かいひし	kaihi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	回避し	かいひし	kaihi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	回避する	かいひする	kaihi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	回避する	かいひする	kaihi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	回避すれ	かいひすれ	kaihi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	回避せよ¹ 回避しろ²	かいひせよ¹ かいひしろ²	kaihi seyo¹ kaihi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	回避される	かいひされる	kaihi sareru
Causative	回避させる 回避さす	かいひさせる かいひさす	kaihi saseru kaihi sasu
Potential	回避できる	かいひできる	kaihi dekiru
Volitional	回避しよう	かいひしよう	kaihi shiyō
Negative	回避しない	かいひしない	kaihi shinai
Negative continuative	回避せず	かいひせず	kaihi sezu
Formal	回避します	かいひします	kaihi shimasu
Perfective	回避した	かいひした	kaihi shita
Conjunctive	回避して	かいひして	kaihi shite
Hypothetical conditional	回避すれば	かいひすれば	kaihi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• (avoid): 逃(のが)れる (nogareru), 避(さ)ける (sakeru), 免(まぬか)れる (manukareru)

References

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

• “回避”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
回	避

Noun

回避 • (hoepi) (hangeul 회피)

1. hanja form^? of 회피