避世

Chinese

		avoid; shun; flee avoid; shun; flee; escape; leave; to keep away; to leave; to hide	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (避世)		避	世
simp. #(避世)		避	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìshìh
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: bì-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshyh
    • Palladius: биши (biši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ sai³
    • Yale: beih sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² sɐi̯³³/

Verb

避世

1. to retire from the world

Synonyms

• 屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
• 幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
• 幽棲／幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
• 杜門／杜门 (dùmén) (literary, figurative)
• 臥／卧 (wò) (literary)
• 臥雲／卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
• 豹隱／豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
• 辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
• 退居 (tuìjū) (literary)
• 退隱／退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
• 遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
• 遁跡／遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
• 閉門／闭门 (bìmén) (literary, figurative)
• 隱居／隐居 (yǐnjū)
• 隱逸／隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)

 

Noun

避世

1. (～卦) A combination 四中三下 in the Lingqijing.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (避世):

• → Korean: 피세(避世) (pise)