以免

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	to exempt; to remove; to avoid to exempt; to remove; to avoid; to excuse
trad. (以免)		以	免
simp. #(以免)		以	免

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐmiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ min⁵

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): í-bián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): in² miêng² / in² miang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐmiǎn [Phonetic: yímiǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐmiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: i³-mien³
    • Yale: yǐ-myǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiimean
    • Palladius: имянь (imjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ min⁵
    • Yale: yíh míhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ min⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ min⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ miːn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-bián
    • Tâi-lô: í-bián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: y'biern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɛn⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: in² miêng² / in² miang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: íⁿ miéng / íⁿ miáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ mieŋ⁵²/, /ĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ miaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Note:

• in2 miêng2 - Chaozhou;
• in2 miang2 - Shantou.

Conjunction

以免

1. in order to avoid; so as not to; lest

   以免發生危險／以免发生危险  ―  yǐmiǎn fāshēng wēixiǎn  ―  in case of danger

   仔細檢查以免出錯。 [MSC, trad.]
   仔细检查以免出错。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zǐxì jiǎnchá yǐmiǎn chūcuò. [Pinyin]

   Check carefully to avoid mistakes.

   請留意您乘坐航班的登機時間，以免誤機。 [MSC, trad.]
   请留意您乘坐航班的登机时间，以免误机。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng liúyì nín chéngzuò hángbān de dēngjī shíjiān, yǐmiǎn wùjī. [Pinyin]

   Please pay attention to the boarding time so you don't miss your flight.

Synonyms

• 免得 (miǎnde)
• 省得 (shěngde)