免
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
- to excuse sb
- to exempt
- to remove or dismiss from office
- to avoid
- to avert
- to escape
- to be prohibited
wèn wen4
- old variant of 絻
Example sentences
- You can have this watch for nothing.
- They explored every avenue in an attempt to avoid war.
HSK words with 免
- 免费 miǎnfèi free (of charge)
- 避免 bìmiǎn to avert
- 难免 nánmiǎn hard to avoid
- 不免 bùmiǎn inevitably
- 免得 miǎnde so as not to; so as to avoid
- 免疫 miǎnyì immunity (to disease)
- 以免 yǐmiǎn in order to avoid
- 不可避免 bùkěbìmiǎn unavoidably
- 未免 wèimiǎn unavoidably
- 免除 miǎnchú to prevent
- 幸免 xìngmiǎn to avoid (an unpleasant fate)
- 减免 jiǎnmiǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
- 免不了 miǎnbùliǎo unavoidable
- 免职 miǎnzhí to relieve sb of his post
- 罢免 bàmiǎn to remove sb from their post