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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 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèimiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ min⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-miên
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bī-bián

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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    衛冕 / 卫冕
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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-miên
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi mien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴ mian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ mi̯en²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-bián
  - Tâi-lô: bī-bián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixbiern
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ biɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ biɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi³³⁻¹¹ biɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³⁻²¹ biɛn⁴¹/

Adverb

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a bit too; rather too; really
他這樣做未免太過分了。 [MSC, trad.]
他这样做未免太过分了。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā zhèyàng zuò wèimiǎn tài guòfēn le. [Pinyin]
He's going rather too far by doing this.
inevitably; truly; unavoidably

Related terms

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

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bē-bián / bēr-bián / bōe-bián

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-bián
  - Tâi-lô: bē-bián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexbiern
  - IPA (Xiamen): /be²²⁻²¹ biɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /be³³⁻¹¹ biɛn⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēr-bián
  - Tâi-lô: bēr-bián
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁴¹⁻²² biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-bián
  - Tâi-lô: buē-bián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boexbiern
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue³³⁻²¹ biɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue²²⁻²¹ biɛn⁵³/

Adverb

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(Hokkien) don't (do something) yet