避
bì HSK4

avoid

避 bì
avoid verb
to avoid, shun, or keep away from something or someone

他总是在特意避着我，不跟我说话。

tā zǒng​shì zài tè​yì bì zhe wǒ, bù gēn wǒ shuō​huà.

He's always deliberately avoiding me and won't talk to me.

hide from verb
to hide from or seek shelter from something

由于没有带伞，我们只好在屋檐下避雨。

yóu​yú méi​yǒu dài sǎn, wǒ​men zhǐ​hǎo zài wū​yán xià bì​yǔ.

Since we didn't have umbrellas, we had to take shelter from the rain under the eaves.

leave verb
to leave or withdraw from a formal position or location

请大家先避一下，我有些私事要处理。

qǐng dà​jiā xiān bì yī​xià, wǒ yǒu​xiē sī​shì yào chǔ​lǐ.

Please excuse us for a moment; I have some private business to attend to.

flee verb
to flee or escape from a dangerous or difficult situation

战乱爆发时，许多人选择去乡下避乱。

zhàn​luàn bào​fā shí, xǔ​duō rén xuǎn​zé qù xiāng​xia bì​luàn.

When the war broke out, many people went to the countryside to seek refuge.

Frequency
Character
Written text
991st most common 164.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,083rd most common 88.3 per million appears in 37% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
7.72 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
18.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
16
Unicode
U+907F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)