難免

See also: 难免

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to exempt; to remove; to avoid to exempt; to remove; to avoid; to excuse
trad. (難免)		難	免
simp. (难免)		难	免

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánmiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ min⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàn-miên
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lân-bián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵ miang² / nang⁵ miang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánmiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánmiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-mien³
    • Yale: nán-myǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanmean
    • Palladius: наньмянь (nanʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ min⁵
    • Yale: nàahn míhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ min⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ min⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ miːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-miên
    • Hakka Romanization System: nanˇ mien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nan² mian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ mi̯en²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-bián
    • Tâi-lô: lân-bián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lanbiern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ biɛn⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lang⁵ miang² / nang⁵ miang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng miáng / nâng miáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ miaŋ⁵²/, /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ miaŋ⁵²/

Note: nang5 miang2 - Jieyang.

Verb

難免

1. to be difficult to avoid; it is unavoidable that

Derived terms

• 在所難免／在所难免 (zàisuǒnánmiǎn)

 

Adverb

難免

1. maybe; perhaps; probably; might; may

Synonyms

• 也許／也许 (yěxǔ)
• 保不住 (bǎobuzhù) (colloquial)
• 保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
• 保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
• 備不住／备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
• 凡勢／凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 博定 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 可能 (kěnéng)
• 容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)
• 怕係／怕系 (Hakka)
• 怕是 (pàshì)
• 或者 (huòzhě)
• 或許／或许 (huòxǔ)
• 指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
• 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
• 歉采 (Hokkien)
• 殼張／壳张 (⁷khoq-tsan) (Wu, dated)
• 沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
• 興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
• 話勿出／话勿出 (⁶gho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
• 話唔埋／话唔埋 (waa⁶ m⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
• 話唔定／话唔定 (waa⁶ m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 說不定／说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
• 講勿定／讲勿定 (⁵kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
• 講唔定／讲唔定 (gong² m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)

 

Related terms

• 不免 (bùmiǎn)
• 不用 (bùyòng)
• 免不了 (miǎnbùliǎo)
• 未免 (wèimiǎn)