HSK 6 · Function Words

不免 bùmiǎn “inevitably” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 不免 means

  1. inevitably
  2. unavoidably

How to say 不免

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale不bù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale免miǎn3rd tone, dipping

不免 in a sentence

  1. 他是个忠厚老实的人，不免上当。

    Tā shì ge zhōnghòu lǎoshi de rén, bùmiǎn shàngdàng.

    He’s an honest, decent man, so he inevitably gets taken in.

    Sentence #4835844 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 不免 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 不 (bù) drawn as one shape
不bùno; not so

不 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidPicture a bar 一 across the top that nothing below can get past: not, no.

The character 免 (miǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
免miǎnto excuse sb
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 儿legs · ér

How to write 不免

不 4 strokes · 免 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

不免 (bùmiǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 不免 (bùmiǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 不免

Words with 不

不bù · no不要bùyào · don’t!不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome对不起duìbuqǐ · sorry不错bùcuò · not bad不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed不但búdàn · not only不同bùtóng · different不少bùshǎo · quite a few不见bújiàn · to be missing

Words with 免

免费miǎnfèi · free (of charge)避免bìmiǎn · to avoid难免nánmiǎn · hard to avoid免疫miǎnyì · immunity免得miǎnde · so as not to未免wèimiǎn · rather以免yǐmiǎn · so as not to

More words: Function Words & Grammar

不禁bùjīn · can’t help (doing)不堪bùkān · unbearable不愧búkuì · to be worthy of不料búliào · unexpectedly不惜bùxī · not to hesitate (to)不由得bùyóude · can’t help (doing)不止bùzhǐ · more than成心chéngxīn · on purpose

FAQs

不免 (bùmiǎn) means “inevitably” or “unavoidably”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bùmiǎn: bù with a 4th tone, then miǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 不免 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bumian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 不免 from the suggestions. Typing bumian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
不免 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.