辟邪

Chinese

		law; king; emperor law; king; emperor; monarch; royal; ward off	daemonical; iniquitous; nefarious
trad. (辟邪)		辟	邪
simp. ^#(辟邪)		辟	邪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìxié

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìxié
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìsié
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-hsieh²
  - Yale: bì-syé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshye
  - Palladius: бисе (bise)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    辟邪
    避邪
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pik¹ ce⁴
  - Yale: pīk chèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷ tse⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pig¹ cé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰɛː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiah-siâ
  - Tâi-lô: phiah-siâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiahsiaa
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰia(ʔ)⁵ sia²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sia²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-siâ
  - Tâi-lô: phik-siâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pheksiaa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sia²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sia²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ sia¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì-siâ
  - Tâi-lô: phì-siâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiesiaa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ sia²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ sia²⁴/

Noun

辟邪

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

Verb

辟⫽邪 (verb-object) (intransitive)

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)