避免

避免

Chinese

		avoid; shun; flee avoid; shun; flee; escape; leave; to keep away; to leave; to hide	to exempt; to remove; to avoid to exempt; to remove; to avoid; to excuse
simp. and trad. (避免)		避	免

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìmiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ min⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phit-miên
• Min Nan (POJ): pī-bián / phiah-bián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bìmiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihmean
    • IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ min⁵
    • Yale: beih míhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ min⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ min⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² miːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phit-miên
    • Hakka Romanization System: pid` mien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pid⁵ mian¹
    • IPA: /pʰit̚² mi̯en²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-bián
    • Tâi-lô: pī-bián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pixbiern
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pi²²⁻²¹ biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻²² biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³⁻²¹ biɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi³³⁻¹¹ biɛn⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiah-bián
    • Tâi-lô: phiah-bián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiahbiern
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ biɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ biɛn⁵³/

Verb

避免

1. to avoid; to refrain from

   你在避免的事情，正是你需要做的事情。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Nǐ zài bìmiǎn de shìqíng, zhèng shì nǐ xūyào zuò de shìqíng. [Pinyin]

   The thing you are avoiding is exactly the thing you need to do.

2. to prevent

Synonyms

• (avoid): (luckily avoid) 幸免 (xìngmiǎn)
• (prevent): 防止 (fángzhǐ), 預防／预防 (yùfáng)

Derived terms

不可避免 (bùkěbìmiǎn)