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免

miǎn

HSK 4 Character

What 免 means

1. to excuse sb
2. to exempt
3. to remove or dismiss from office
4. to avoid
5. to avert
6. to escape
7. to be prohibited

Other readings

免 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• wènold variant of {絻|wèn}

Example sentences

• 免费的。
  It's for free.
• 它是免费的。
  It's free.
• 避免太夸张。
  Try to avoid overdoing it.
• 这是免费的。
  It's on the house.
• 他必须被免职。
  Tā bìxū bèi miǎnzhí.
  That person needs to be relieved from his post.
• 事故无法避免。
  Accidents are inevitable.

Words starting with 免

• 免费miǎn fèifree (of charge)
• 免得miǎn deso as not to; so as to avoid
• 免疫miǎn yìimmunity (to disease)
• 免不了miǎn bù liǎounavoidable; can't be avoided
• 免税miǎn shuìnot liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc); tax free; duty free (shop)
• 免除miǎn chúto prevent; to avoid; to excuse
• 免疫力miǎn yì lìimmunity
• 免于miǎn yúto be saved from; to be spared (something)
• 免受miǎn shòuto avoid suffering; to prevent (sth bad); to protect against (damage)
• 免职miǎn zhíto relieve sb of his post; to sack; to demote
• 免遭miǎn zāoto avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared
• 免票miǎn piàonot to be charged for admission; (to be admitted) for free; free pass
• 免单miǎn dānto let a customer have (a product or service) free of charge; to waive payment; to comp
• 免息miǎn xīinterest-free
• 免持miǎn chí(Taiwan) hands-free (telephone function)
• 免提miǎn tíhands-free (telephone function)
• 免责miǎn zéexemption from responsibility
• 免不得miǎn bu deunavoidable; bound to (happen)
• 免责条款miǎn zé tiáo kuǎndisclaimer
• 免去职务miǎn qù zhí wùto relieve from office; to sack
• 免责声明miǎn zé shēng míngdisclaimer
• 免谈miǎn tánout of the question; pointless to discuss it
• 免费软件miǎn fèi ruǎn jiànfreeware
• 免签miǎn qiānto waive visa requirements; visa exemption; visa-exempt

Words containing 免

• 避免bì miǎnto avert; to prevent; to avoid
• 不免bù miǎninevitably
• 难免nán miǎnhard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably
• 以免yǐ miǎnin order to avoid; so as not to
• 未免wèi miǎnunavoidably; can't help; really
• 不可避免bù kě bì miǎn(idiom) inevitable; unavoidable
• 减免jiǎn miǎnto reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
• 幸免xìng miǎnto avoid (an unpleasant fate)
• 罢免bà miǎnto remove sb from their post; to dismiss
• 在所难免zài suǒ nán miǎnto be unavoidable (idiom)
• 赦免shè miǎnto pardon; to absolve; to exempt from punishment
• 任免rèn miǎnto appoint and dismiss
• 豁免huò miǎnto exempt; exemption
• 特免tè miǎnspecial exemption
• 解免jiě miǎnto avoid (difficulties); to open up a siege
• 限免xiàn miǎn(of a product, service etc) free for a limited time (abbr. for 限时免费
• 破财免灾pò cái miǎn zāia financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
• 宽免kuān miǎnto reduce payment; to annul (debts, bills, taxes etc); to let sb off paying
• 主动免疫zhǔ dòng miǎn yìactive immunity
• 群体免疫qún tǐ miǎn yìherd immunity
• 自动免疫zì dòng miǎn yìactive immunity
• 被动免疫bèi dòng miǎn yìpassive immunity
• 预防免疫yù fáng miǎn yìprophylactic inoculation
• 放射免疫测定fàng shè miǎn yì cè dìngradioimmunoassay

Characters that look like 免

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 更gèngmore; even more; further
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 完wánto finish; to be over; whole
• 兔tùrabbit
• 秃tūbald (lacking hair or feathers); barren; bare; denuded; blunt (lacking a point)
• 尧Yáosurname Yao; Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝

Sounds the same

Read miǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 勉to exhort; to make an effort
• 缅distant; remote; detailed
• 冕crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown
• 娩to give birth to a child
• 腼used in 腼腆
• 湎used in 沉湎
• 沔inundation; name of a river
• 渑used in 渑池
• 眄to ogle at; to squint at
• 俛to exhort
• 丏hidden from view; barrier to ward off arrows
• 偭to transgress