辟邪

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìxié

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pik¹ ce⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiah-siâ / phek-siâ / phì-siâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìxié
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìsié
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-hsieh²
    • Yale: bì-syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshye
    • Palladius: бисе (bise)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pik¹ ce⁴
    • Yale: pīk chèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷ tse⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pig¹ cé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰɛː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiah-siâ
    • Tâi-lô: phiah-siâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiahsiaa
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰia(ʔ)⁵ sia²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sia²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-siâ
    • Tâi-lô: phik-siâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheksiaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sia²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sia²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ sia¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì-siâ
    • Tâi-lô: phì-siâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiesiaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ sia²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ sia²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 辟邪

1. bixie (a chimaera-like figure common in Chinese and Persian art)

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)