毋免

Chinese

		no; not	to exempt; to remove; to avoid to exempt; to remove; to avoid; to excuse
simp. and trad. (毋免)		毋	免
alternative forms		呣免 不免

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): m̄-bián / m̄-mián / mián

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-bián
    • Tâi-lô: m̄-bián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mxbiern
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /m̩⁴¹⁻²² biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /m̩²²⁻²¹ biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /m̩³³⁻²¹ biɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /m̩³³⁻¹¹ biɛn⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-mián
    • Tâi-lô: m̄-mián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mxmiern
    • IPA (Penang): /m̩²¹ miɛn⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore, Penang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mián
    • Tâi-lô: mián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miern
    • IPA (Penang): /miɛn⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Singapore): /miɛn⁴²/
    • IPA (Philippines): /miɛn⁵⁵⁴/

Note: mián - contraction, used in some dialects only.

Adverb

毋免 (Southern Min)

1. it is not necessary; there is no need

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不用 (“need not”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		不必, 無須, 毋庸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不必, 毋須, 無須, 無須乎, 不待
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	甭, 不用, 甭用
	Taiwan	不用
	Shenyang	甭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	甭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	不用
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	不消
	Wuhan	不消, 用不著
	Kunming	不用
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	用不著
	Hefei	不用
Mandarin	Malaysia	不用
	Singapore	不用, 不必
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔使
	Hong Kong	唔使
	Macau	唔使
	Taishan	唔使, 冇使
	Dongguan	唔使
	Yangjiang	無使, 使乜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	冇使
	Hepu (Shatian)	冇使
	Beihai	冇使
	Beihai (Nankang)	冇使
	Beihai (Yingpan)	冇使
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	冇使
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	冇使
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	冇使
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔使
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	唔使
Gan	Nanchang	不消, 用不著
Hakka	Meixian	唔使
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唔使
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唔使
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唔使
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	唔使
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唔使
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唔使
	Kuching (Hepo)	唔使
Jin	Taiyuan	不用
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伓讓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	伓使
	Matsu	伓使
	Singapore (Fuqing)	伓使
Southern Min	Xiamen	毋免, 免, 毋使
	Quanzhou	毋免, 免
	Zhangzhou	毋免, 免, 毋使
	Taipei	毋免, 免
	Kaohsiung	毋免, 免
	Penang (Hokkien)	毋免, 免
	Singapore (Hokkien)	毋免, 免
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋免, 免
	Chaozhou	免, 免用
	Shantou	免, 免用
	Shantou (Chenghai)	免
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	免
	Jieyang	免, 免用
	Singapore (Teochew)	免
	Pontianak (Teochew)	免
	Wenchang	無用
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無用
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	唔使
Wu	Shanghai	勿要, 覅, 用勿著, 勿用, 好勿要, 好覅
	Suzhou	用勿著
	Ningbo	甮, 好甮
	Wenzhou	覅用, 否用
Xiang	Changsha	不消
	Shuangfeng	不消, 不要

Derived terms

• 好囝毋免濟，濟囝餓死爸／好囝毋免济，济囝饿死爸

 

Interjection

毋免 (Southern Min)

1. no thank you

References

• “Entry #922”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.