免 miǎn
verb
: to excuse from; exempt
: to escape; evade ; spare
絻 [免] wèn
: (old) mourning clothes
免れる | まぬかれる manukareru OR まぬがれる manugareru
Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to escape from; to be rescued from; to avoid; to evade; to avert; to elude; to be exempted; to be relieved from pain; to get rid of
免じる | めんじる menjiru
Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to dismiss; to exempt
免ずる | めんずる menzuru
Zuru verb – (alternative form of -jiru verbs) | transitive verb
: to dismiss; to exempt
免 | めん men
noun
: dismissal
免得 mian3de: so as not to; so as to avoid; to save (from inconvenience)
免費[费] mian3fei4: FOC
免疫 mian3yi4: immunity (to disease)
[めんえき meneki: immunity; immunization]
自體[体]免疫疾病 zi4 ti3 mian3 yi4 ji2 bing4: autoimmune disease
[自己免疫不全 | じこめんえきふぜん jiko meneki fuzen: autoimmune disorder]
免稅[税] mian3shui4: to be exempt from taxes; duty free shop
[免税 | めんぜい menzeki: tax exemption]
免租 | めんそ menso: tax exemption
免除 mian3chu2: to prevent; to avoid; to excuse; to exempt; to relieve; to remit (debt)
[めんじょ menjo: exemption; exoneration; discharge]
避免 bi4mian3: to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from
不免 bu4mian3: inevitably
以免 yi3mian3: in order to avoid; so as not to
難[难]免 nan2mian3: hard to avoid; inescapable
未免 wei4mian3: unavoidable; really; rather
Japanese expression
免じて | めんじて menjite: in deference to
御免 | ごめん gomen: (kana only) your pardon; declining (something); dismissal; permission
御免なさい | ごめんなさい gomen nasai
: I beg your pardon; excuse me
御免下さい | ごめんください gomen kudasai
: may I come in?
: (polite language) please forgive me; I’m sorry
御免被る | ごめんこうむる gomen koumuru
: to receive permission
: to leave (with someone’s permission); to retire
: to refuse; to beg off doing
Chinese idiom
在所難免 zai4 suo3 nan2 mian3
: to be unavoidable
象形 Pictographic.
Picture of a man with hat.
*免 mian3 is supposed to be a picture of a running 兔 tu4: hare, hence “to escape”.
假借 Phonetic Loan.
Original form of 冕 (mian3: crown).
Old variant:
絻
Look a-like:
兔 tu4: rabbit
Examples:
我免費的教你彈吉他。
wo3 mian3fei4 de jiao ni3 tan2 ji2ta1.
I’ll teach you the guitar free of charge.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
