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Chinese symbol for “avoid”

避开
bì kāi
Traditional: 避開
to avoid; to evade; to keep away from

The closest CC-CEDICT match for avoid is 避开 (bì kāi), defined as: to avoid; to evade; to keep away from.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

避 bì
to avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide
radical 162 ⾡ · 16 strokes
开 kāi
to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
radical 55 ⼶ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “avoid”

WordPinyinMeaning
避bìto avoid; to shun
以防yǐ fáng(so as) to avoid; to prevent
幸免 (倖免)xìng miǎnto avoid (an unpleasant fate)
推卸tuī xièto avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck
省得shěng deto avoid; so as to save (money or time)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 避开.

WordPinyinMeaning
避免bì miǎnto avert; to prevent
逃避táo bìto escape; to evade
回避huí bìvariant of 回避 (huí bì)
躲避duǒ bìto hide; to evade
开始 (開始)kāi shǐto begin; to start; beginning; start
开发 (開發)kāi fāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
离开 (離開)lí kāito depart; to leave
公开 (公開)gōng kāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release

See also: Japanese symbol for “avoid”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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