難免

See also: 难免

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to exempt; to remove; to avoid to exempt; to remove; to avoid; to excuse
trad. (難免)		難	免
simp. (难免)		难	免

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánmiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ min⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàn-miên
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lân-bián

(Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵ miang² / nang⁵ miang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánmiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánmiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-mien³
  - Yale: nán-myǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanmean
  - Palladius: наньмянь (nanʹmjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naan⁴ min⁵
  - Yale: nàahn míhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ min⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ min⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ miːn¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-miên
  - Hakka Romanization System: nanˇ mien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nan² mian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ mi̯en²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-bián
  - Tâi-lô: lân-bián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lanbiern
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² biɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² biɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ biɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ biɛn⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lang⁵ miang² / nang⁵ miang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng miáng / nâng miáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ miaŋ⁵²/, /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ miaŋ⁵²/

Note: nang5 miang2 - Jieyang.

Verb

難免

to be difficult to avoid; it is unavoidable that

Derived terms

在所難免／在所难免 (zàisuǒnánmiǎn)

Adverb

難免

maybe; perhaps; probably; might; may

Synonyms

也許／也许 (yěxǔ)
保不住 (bǎobuzhù) (colloquial)
保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
備不住／备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
凡勢／凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
博定 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
可能 (kěnéng)
容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)
怕係／怕系 (Hakka)
怕是 (pàshì)
或者 (huòzhě)
或許／或许 (huòxǔ)
指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
歉采 (Hokkien)
殼張／壳张 (⁷khoq-tsan) (Wu, dated)
沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
話勿出／话勿出 (⁶gho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
話唔埋／话唔埋 (waa⁶ m⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
話唔定／话唔定 (waa⁶ m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
說不定／说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
講勿定／讲勿定 (⁵kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
講唔定／讲唔定 (gong² m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)

Related terms

不免 (bùmiǎn)
不用 (bùyòng)
免不了 (miǎnbùliǎo)
未免 (wèimiǎn)

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