不免

Chinese

		not; no	to exempt; to remove; to avoid to exempt; to remove; to avoid; to excuse
simp. and trad. (不免)		不	免

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùmiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ min⁵

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-bián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùmiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùmiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-mien³
    • Yale: bù-myǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumean
    • Palladius: бумянь (bumjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ min⁵
    • Yale: bāt míhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ min⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ min⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ miːn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-bián
    • Tâi-lô: put-bián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putbiern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɛn⁴¹/

Adverb

不免

1. would naturally; cannot help but
2. (Southern Min) it is not necessary; there is no need

Synonyms

• (not necessary): (Hokkien, Teochew) 免 (bián), 毋免 (m̄-bián)

Related terms

• 不用 (bùyòng)
• 免不了 (miǎnbùliǎo)
• 難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)
• 未免 (wèimiǎn)