辟邪

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìxié

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pik¹ ce⁴
Min Nan (POJ): phiah-siâ / phek-siâ / phì-siâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: bìxié
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshye
  - IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    辟邪
    避邪
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pik¹ ce⁴
  - Yale: pīk chèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷ tse⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pig¹ cé⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰɛː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiah-siâ
  - Tâi-lô: phiah-siâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiahsiaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɕia²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰia(ʔ)⁵ ɕia²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-siâ
  - Tâi-lô: phik-siâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pheksiaa
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕia²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ɕia¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕia²³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì-siâ
  - Tâi-lô: phì-siâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiesiaa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕia²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕia²⁴/

Noun

辟邪

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

Verb

辟邪

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)

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