毋免
Chinese
| no; not | to exempt; to remove; to avoid to exempt; to remove; to avoid; to excuse | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (毋免) |
毋 | 免 | |
| alternative forms | 呣免 不免 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): m̄-bián / m̄-bén / m̄-mián / mián
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-bián
- Tâi-lô: m̄-bián
- Phofsit Daibuun: mxbiern
- IPA (Quanzhou): /m̩⁴¹⁻²² biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /m̩²²⁻²¹ biɛn⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /m̩³³⁻²¹ biɛn⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /m̩³³⁻¹¹ biɛn⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Hui'an)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-bén
- Tâi-lô: m̄-bén
- Phofsit Daibuun: mxbean
- IPA (Hui'an): /m̩²¹⁻²² ben⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-mián
- Tâi-lô: m̄-mián
- Phofsit Daibuun: mxmiern
- IPA (Penang): /m̩²¹ miɛn⁴⁴⁵/
- (Hokkien: Singapore, Penang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mián
- Tâi-lô: mián
- Phofsit Daibuun: miern
- IPA (Penang): /miɛn⁴⁴⁵/
- IPA (Singapore): /miɛn⁴²/
- IPA (Philippines): /miɛn⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note: mián - contraction, used in some dialects only.
Adverb
毋免 (Southern Min)
- it is not necessary; there is no need
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 不用 (“need not”) [map]
Derived terms
- 好囝毋免濟，濟囝餓死爸 / 好囝毋免济，济囝饿死爸
Interjection
毋免 (Southern Min)
References
- “毋免”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.