推免

Chinese

		push; refuse (responsibility); shove	to exempt; to remove; to avoid to exempt; to remove; to avoid; to excuse
simp. and trad. (推免)		推	免

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuīmiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟ ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi¹ min⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuīmiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tueimiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui¹-mien³
    • Yale: twēi-myǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueimean
    • Palladius: туймянь (tujmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi¹ min⁵
    • Yale: tēui míhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey¹ min⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu¹ min⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ miːn¹³/

Verb

推免

1. (literary) to decline (an offer or invitation)
2. to recommend that someone be admitted (to a graduate school) without sitting the entrance examination

Synonyms

• (decline):

• 婉拒 (wǎnjù)
• 婉辭／婉辞 (wǎncí)
• 客氣／客气
• 推卻／推却 (tuīquè)
• 推絕／推绝 (tuījué)
• 推謝／推谢 (tuīxiè)
• 推辭／推辞 (tuīcí)
• 禮讓／礼让 (lǐràng)
• 謝絕／谢绝 (xièjué)
• 謙讓／谦让 (qiānràng)
• 辭讓／辞让 (círàng)
• 退讓／退让 (tuìràng)

 

Derived terms

• 推免生 (tuīmiǎnshēng)