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
trad. (避免)		避	免
simp. #(避免)		避	免

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìmiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ min⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phit-miên
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pī-bián / phiah-bián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁷ miêng² / bi⁷ miang⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìmiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìmiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-mien³
    • Yale: bì-myǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihmean
    • Palladius: бимянь (bimjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ min⁵
    • Yale: beih míhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ min⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ min⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² miːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phit-miên
    • Hakka Romanization System: pid` mien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pid⁵ mian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰit̚² mi̯en²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General 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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi⁷ miêng² / bi⁷ miang⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pī miéng / pī miāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi¹¹ mieŋ⁵²/, /pi¹¹ miaŋ¹¹/

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.

   急轉彎以避免撞到動物是造成車禍的主要原因。 [MSC, trad.]
   急转弯以避免撞到动物是造成车祸的主要原因。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jízhuǎnwān yǐ bìmiǎn zhuàng dào dòngwù shì zàochéng chēhuò de zhǔyào yuányīn. [Pinyin]

   Swerving to avoid animals is a major cause of crashes.

2. to prevent

Synonyms

• (to avoid): 免除 (miǎnchú), (formal, to luckily avoid) 幸免 (xìngmiǎn)
• (to prevent):

• 免除 (miǎnchú)
• 嚴防／严防 (yánfáng)
• 戒備／戒备 (jièbèi)
• 提防
• 謹防／谨防 (jǐnfáng)
• 避 (bì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 防 (fáng)
• 防備／防备 (fángbèi)
• 防止 (fángzhǐ)
• 防範／防范 (fángfàn)
• 阻止 (zǔzhǐ)
• 預備／预备 (yùbèi) (literary)
• 預防／预防 (yùfáng)

 

Derived terms

• 不可避免 (bùkěbìmiǎn)
• 無可避免／无可避免 (wúkěbìmiǎn)