免除

免除

Chinese

		to exempt; to remove; to avoid to exempt; to remove; to avoid; to excuse	remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except
simp. and trad. (免除)		免	除
anagram		除免

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎnchú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄔㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁵ ceoi⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): bián-tû / bián-tîr / bián-tî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: miǎnchú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄔㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meanchwu
    • IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁵ ceoi⁴
    • Yale: míhn chèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁵ tsoey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁵ cêu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /miːn¹³ t͡ɕʰɵy̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bián-tû
    • Tâi-lô: bián-tû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biefnduu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tu²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /biɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bián-tîr
    • Tâi-lô: bián-tîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bián-tî
    • Tâi-lô: bián-tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biefndii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ti²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti¹³/

Verb

免除

1. to prevent; to avoid
2. to remit; to excuse; to exempt; to relieve

   • 皇太後當可免除聖虞，撤簾退隱，歸政於皇上，即可安享無窮之聖壽。 [MSC, trad.]
     皇太后当可免除圣虞，撤帘退隐，归政于皇上，即可安享无穷之圣寿。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 蒼穹之昴

     Huángtàihòu dāng kě miǎnchú shèng yú, chèlián tuìyǐn, guī zhèng yú huángshàng, jíkě ānxiǎng wúqióng zhī shèng shòu. [Pinyin]

     Empress Dowager[, you] can now relieve [yourself of your] royal anxiety, remove the curtain[,] retreat [to] seclusion, [and] return the political power to His Majesty, [so that you] can enjoy an eternally peaceful and long royal life.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
免	除
めん Grade: S	じょ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

免除 (hiragana めんじょ, rōmaji menjo)

1. exemption

Verb

免除する (transitive, hiragana めんじょする, rōmaji menjo suru)

1. exempt

Conjugation

Conjugation of "免除する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	免除し	めんじょし	menjo shi
Continuative (連用形)	免除し	めんじょし	menjo shi
Terminal (終止形)	免除する	めんじょする	menjo suru
Attributive (連体形)	免除する	めんじょする	menjo suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	免除すれ	めんじょすれ	menjo sure
Imperative (命令形)	免除せよ¹ 免除しろ²	めんじょせよ¹ めんじょしろ²	menjo seyo¹ menjo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	免除される	めんじょされる	menjo sareru
Causative	免除させる 免除さす	めんじょさせる めんじょさす	menjo saseru menjo sasu
Potential	免除できる	めんじょできる	menjo dekiru
Volitional	免除しよう	めんじょしよう	menjo shiyō
Negative	免除しない	めんじょしない	menjo shinai
Negative continuative	免除せず	めんじょせず	menjo sezu
Formal	免除します	めんじょします	menjo shimasu
Perfective	免除した	めんじょした	menjo shita
Conjunctive	免除して	めんじょして	menjo shite
Hypothetical conditional	免除すれば	めんじょすれば	menjo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
免	除

Noun

免除 • (myeonje) (hangeul 면제)

1. Hanja form^? of 면제 (“exemption”).