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
simp. and trad. (以免)		以	免

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐmiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ min⁵
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): í-bián

(Teochew, Peng'im): in² miêng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǐmiǎn [Phonetic: yímiǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyimean
  - IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mjɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ min⁵
  - Yale: yíh míhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ min⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ min⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ miːn¹³/
Min Nan
- (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
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: íⁿ miéng
  - IPA ^(key): /ĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ mieŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Conjunction

以免

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.

Synonyms

免得 (miǎnde)

省得 (shěngde)

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