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
• Min Nan (POJ): phiah-siâ / phek-siâ / phì-siâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
    • Pinyin: bìxié
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshye
    • IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 辟邪 避邪

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pik¹ ce⁴
    • Yale: pīk chèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷ tse⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pig¹ cé⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰɛː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiah-siâ
    • Tâi-lô: phiah-siâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiahsiaa
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰia(ʔ)⁵ ɕia²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɕia²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-siâ
    • Tâi-lô: phik-siâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheksiaa
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕia²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕia²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ɕia¹³/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì-siâ
    • Tâi-lô: phì-siâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiesiaa
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕia²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕia²³/

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)