Chinese symbol for “sidestep”
闪避
shǎn bì
Traditional: 閃避
to dodge; to sidestep
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sidestep is 闪避 (shǎn bì), defined as: to dodge; to sidestep.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sidestep”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 闪避.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 闪电 (閃電) | shǎn diàn | lightning; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 闪亮 (閃亮) | shǎn liàng | brilliant; shiny |
| 闪耀 (閃耀) | shǎn yào | to glint; to glitter |
| 闪烁 (閃爍) | shǎn shuò | to glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker; to be evasive; to equivocate |
| 闪光 (閃光) | shǎn guāng | flash |
| 闪闪 (閃閃) | shǎn shǎn | flickering; sparkling; glistening; glittering |
| 避免 | bì miǎn | to avert; to prevent |
| 逃避 | táo bì | to escape; to evade |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sidestep”.
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.