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以免

以免

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	to exempt; to remove; to avoid to exempt; to remove; to avoid; to excuse
simp. and trad. (以免)		以	免

Conjunction

以免

in order to avoid, so as not to, lest

仔細檢查以免出錯。 [MSC, trad.]

仔细检查以免出错。 [MSC, simp.]

Zǐxì jiǎnchá yǐmiǎn chūcuò. [Pinyin]

Check carefully to avoid mistakes.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǐmiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ min⁵
Min Nan (POJ): í-bián

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǐmiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiimean
  - IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ min⁵
  - Yale: yíh míhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ min⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ miːn¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-bián
  - Tâi-lô: í-bián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: y'biern
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɛn⁴¹/