免

miǎn

spare; excuse from; evade

How to write 免, stroke by stroke

to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited; old variant of 絻

Made of 口 + 儿

免费miǎn fèifree (of charge)
避免bì miǎnto avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from
免得miǎn deso as not to; so as to avoid
以免yǐ miǎnin order to avoid; so as not to
赦免shè miǎnto pardon; to absolve; to exempt from punishment
豁免huò miǎnto exempt; exemption
豁免权huò miǎn quánimmunity from prosecution
免于miǎn yúto be saved from; to be spared (something)
免疫miǎn yìimmunity (to disease)
免受miǎn shòuto avoid suffering; to prevent (sth bad); to protect against (damage); immunity (from prosecution); freedom (from pain, damage etc); exempt from punishment
难免nán miǎnhard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably
免除miǎn chúto prevent; to avoid; to excuse; to exempt; to relieve; (of a debt) to remit

我们是不是该退一步，免得倒下？
wǒ men shì bu shì gāi tuì yí bù ， miǎn de dǎo xià ？
Maybe we should take a step back before we fall?
我们小声谈话以免被人听到。
wǒ men xiǎo shēng tán huà yǐ miǎn bèi rén tīng dào 。
We talked in a low voice so as not to be heard.
事故无法避免。
shì gù wú fǎ bì miǎn 。
Accidents are inevitable.
饮料是免费的吗？
yǐn liào shì miǎn fèi de ma ？
Are drinks free?
只有一人幸免于难。
zhǐ yǒu yì rén xìng miǎn yú nán 。
Only one person survived the accident.