不免

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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

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

would naturally; cannot help but
(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)

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