Meaning of 免
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
miǎn
- to excuse sb
- to exempt
- to remove or dismiss from office
- to avoid
- to avert
- to escape
- to be prohibited
wèn
- old variant of 絻[wen4]
免 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
天下没有免费的午餐。
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
发生这事是免不了的。
What happened here was unavoidable.
只有一人幸免于难。
Only one person survived the accident.
他免费把它给了我。
He gave it to me for nothing.
这家酒店有免费的Wi-fi。
This hotel has free Wi-Fi.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
免 miǎn · to excuse sb · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 免.
| 免费 | miǎnfèi | free (of charge) |
| 避免 | bìmiǎn | to avert; to prevent |
| 难免 | nánmiǎn | hard to avoid; difficult to escape from |
| 不免 | bùmiǎn | inevitably |
| 免得 | miǎnde | so as not to; so as to avoid |
| 以免 | yǐmiǎn | in order to avoid; so as not to |
| 不可避免 | bùkě-bìmiǎn | (idiom) inevitable; unavoidable |
| 免疫 | miǎnyì | immunity (to disease) |
| 免除 | miǎnchú | to prevent; to avoid |
| 幸免 | xìngmiǎn | to avoid (an unpleasant fate) |
| 未免 | wèimiǎn | unavoidably; can't help |
| 免不了 | miǎnbuliǎo | unavoidable; can't be avoided |
Questions about 免
What does 免 mean?
免 (miǎn) means "to excuse sb; to exempt" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 免?
免 is made of 1 character: 免 (7 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.
Is 免 an HSK word?
Yes. 免 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.