不可避

Chinese

		cannot; should not; must not	avoid; shun; flee avoid; shun; flee; escape; leave; to keep away; to leave; to hide
trad. (不可避)		不可	避
simp. ^#(不可避)		不可	避

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùkěbì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùkěbì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùkěbì
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻo³-pi⁴
  - Yale: bù-kě-bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukeebih
  - Palladius: букэби (bukɛbi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹/

Adjective

不可避

inevitable, unavoidable

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	可	避
ふ Grade: 4	か Grade: 5	ひ Grade: S
goon	on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 不(ふ)可(か) (fuka, “unavailable”) + 避(ひ) (hi, “fleeing”) or 不(ふ) (fu-, “non-; in-”) + 可(か)避(ひ) (kahi, “avoidable”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふかひ [fùkáꜜhì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ka̠çi]

Adjective

不(ふ)可(か)避(ひ) • (fukahi) -na (adnominal 不(ふ)可(か)避(ひ)な (fukahi na), adverbial 不(ふ)可(か)避(ひ)に (fukahi ni))

inevitable, unavoidable

Synonyms

(inevitable): 当然の, 必至な, 必然的な
(unavoidable): やむを得ない

Noun

不(ふ)可(か)避(ひ) • (fukahi)

inevitability, unavoidability

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN