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

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• 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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• 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

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

Verb

辟⫽邪 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. 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)