辟邪

Chinese

		law; king; emperor law; king; emperor; monarch; royal; ward off	demonical; iniquitous; nefarious
simp. and trad. (辟邪)		辟	邪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìxié

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pik¹ ce⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bìxié
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshye
    • IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pik¹ ce⁴
    • Yale: pīk chèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷ tse⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰɛː²¹/

Noun

辟邪

1. bixie

Verb

辟邪

1. to ward off evil spirits

Usage notes

Its homophone 避邪 (bìxié) can also mean ward off evil spirits, but does not refer to bixie, the chimaera-like figure common in Chinese and Persian art.

Synonyms

• 避邪 (bìxié)