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回避

huí bì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 迴避

回避 (huí bì) means "variant of 回避; to shun; to avoid (sb)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 回避 means

1. to shun
2. to avoid (sb)
3. to skirt
4. to evade (an issue)
5. to step back
6. to withdraw
7. to recuse (a judge etc)

Other readings

回避 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• huí bìvariant of {回避|huí bì}

The characters in 回避

• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 避bìto avoid; to shun; to flee

Example sentences

• 你不能回避官方政策
  You can't avoid office politics.
• 洋子回避我提出的问题。
  Yáng zǐ huíbì wǒ tíchū de wèntí.
  Yoko avoided answering my question.

Where 回避 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · huí–hùn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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