免 miǎn avoid
avoid; to exempt
怎么记住“免”: ⺈ knife top + 口 mouth + 丿 slash + 乚 hook = avoid. Leaving a knife on top of the cake, his mouth full and a chocolate slash on his cheek, the boy hides by the coat hook to avoid trouble.
部件结构
象形 · Pictogram
A drawing of the thing it means.
免 = ⺈ knife top + 口 mouth + 丿 slash + 乚 hook
- ⺈ knife top
- 口 mouth
- 丿 slash
- 乚 hook
Leaving a knife on top of the cake, his mouth full and a chocolate slash on his cheek, the boy hides by the coat hook to avoid trouble.
How it came to be
The oldest form is a man wearing a ceremonial hat; the shape was later borrowed for other meanings.
用法
- To exempt/avoid: 免费 (miǎnfèi) free of charge, 避免 (bìmiǎn) avoid, 难免 (nánmiǎn) hard to avoid.
- 免得 (miǎnde) / 以免 (yǐmiǎn) introduce a clause = "so as to avoid": 早点走，免得堵车 (zǎo diǎn zǒu, miǎnde dǔchē) leave early so you don't hit traffic.
- 避免 (bìmiǎn) is to actively steer clear; 难免 concedes something is inevitable.
含“免”的汉字
含“免”的词语
- 免费miǎn fèifree (of charge)HSK 4
- 避免bìmiǎnto avertHSK 5
- 以免yǐmiǎnin order to avoidHSK 6
- 免疫miǎnyìimmunity (to disease)HSK 6
- 免税miǎnshuìnot liable to taxationHSK 6
- 难免nánmiǎnhard to avoidHSK 6
- 不免bùmiǎninevitablyHSK 7
- 免不了miǎnbuliǎounavoidableHSK 7
- 免得miǎndeso as not toHSK 7
- 免职miǎnzhíto relieve somebody of his postHSK 7
- 免除miǎnchúto preventHSK 7
- 减免jiǎnmiǎnto reduce or waiveHSK 7
- 在所难免zàisuǒnánmiǎnto be unavoidable (idiom)HSK 7
- 幸免xìngmiǎnto avoid (an unpleasant fate)HSK 7
- 未免wèimiǎnunavoidablyHSK 9
- 罢免bàmiǎnto remove somebody from their postHSK 9
例句
- 今天公园免费开放。 Jīntiān gōngyuán miǎnfèi kāifàng.Park admission is free today.
- 带把伞出去，避免淋雨。 Dài bǎ sǎn chūqù, bìmiǎn línyǔ.Bring along an umbrella to avoid the rain.