避而不談

Chinese

		avoid; shun; flee avoid; shun; flee; escape; leave; to keep away; to leave; to hide	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	not; no	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (避而不談)		避	而	不	談
simp. (避而不谈)		避	而	不	谈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì'érbùtán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ taam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì'érbùtán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì-érbùtán
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-êrh²-pu⁴-tʻan²
    • Yale: bì-ér-bù-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biherlbutarn
    • Palladius: биэрбутань (bierbutanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ taam⁴
    • Yale: beih yìh bāt tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ ji⁴ bat⁷ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ yi⁴ bed¹ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ tʰaːm²¹/

Idiom

避而不談

1. to avoid discussing a topic