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Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	to exempt; to remove; to avoid to exempt; to remove; to avoid; to excuse
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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèimiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ min⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-miên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bī-bián / bōe-bián / bē-bián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèimiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèimiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-mien³
    • Yale: wèi-myǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weymean
    • Palladius: вэймянь (vɛjmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ min⁵
    • Yale: meih míhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ min⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ min⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² miːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-miên
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi mien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴ mian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ mi̯en²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-bián
    • Tâi-lô: bī-bián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixbiern
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³⁻²¹ biɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi³³⁻¹¹ biɛn⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-bián
    • Tâi-lô: buē-bián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexbiern
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue³³⁻²¹ biɛn⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-bián
    • Tâi-lô: bē-bián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexbiern
    • IPA (Taipei): /be³³⁻¹¹ biɛn⁵³/

Adverb

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1. a bit too; rather too; really
2. inevitably; truly; unavoidably

Related terms

• 不免 (bùmiǎn)
• 不用 (bùyòng)
• 免不了 (miǎnbùliǎo)
• 難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)