辟易

Chinese

		law; king; emperor law; king; emperor; monarch; royal; ward off	change; easy; simple
simp. and trad. (辟易)		辟	易

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìyì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìyì
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: bì-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihyih
  - Palladius: бии (bii)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    敝邑
    裨益
    辟易
    避役

Verb

辟易

(literary) to withdraw; to retreat; to recoil
(literary) to cultivate; to prepare soil for planting

Japanese

Kanji in this term
辟	易
へき Hyōgai	えき Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

辟(へき)易(えき) • (hekieki)

annoyance

Verb

辟(へき)易(えき)する • (hekieki suru) suru (stem 辟(へき)易(えき)し (hekieki shi), past 辟(へき)易(えき)した (hekieki shita))

to be annoyed, to shrink back
同(どう)僚(りょう)の嫌(いや)がらせに辟(へき)易(えき)する。
Dōryō no iyagarase ni hekieki suru.
I'm annoyed at the harassment by my colleague.
to be fed up with

Conjugation

Conjugation of "辟易する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	辟易し	へきえきし	hekieki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	辟易し	へきえきし	hekieki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	辟易する	へきえきする	hekieki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	辟易する	へきえきする	hekieki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	辟易すれ	へきえきすれ	hekieki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	辟易せよ¹ 辟易しろ²	へきえきせよ¹ へきえきしろ²	hekieki seyo¹ hekieki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	辟易される	へきえきされる	hekieki sareru
Causative	辟易させる辟易さす	へきえきさせるへきえきさす	hekieki saseru hekieki sasu
Potential	辟易できる	へきえきできる	hekieki dekiru
Volitional	辟易しよう	へきえきしよう	hekieki shiyō
Negative	辟易しない	へきえきしない	hekieki shinai
Negative continuative	辟易せず	へきえきせず	hekieki sezu
Formal	辟易します	へきえきします	hekieki shimasu
Perfective	辟易した	へきえきした	hekieki shita
Conjunctive	辟易して	へきえきして	hekieki shite
Hypothetical conditional	辟易すれば	へきえきすれば	hekieki sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“^▲辟易”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026