Chinese symbol for “sanctuary”
避难所
bì nàn suǒ
Traditional: 避難所
a refuge; a haven; a sanctuary
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sanctuary is 避难所 (bì nàn suǒ), defined as: a refuge; a haven; a sanctuary.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sanctuary”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 避难所.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 避免 | bì miǎn | to avert; to prevent |
| 逃避 | táo bì | to escape; to evade |
| 回避 | huí bì | variant of 回避 (huí bì) |
| 避开 (避開) | bì kāi | to avoid; to evade |
| 躲避 | duǒ bì | to hide; to evade |
| 困难 (困難) | kùn nan | difficult; challenging |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 难以 (難以) | nán yǐ | hard to (predict, imagine etc) |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore; as a result |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sanctuary”.
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.