Sentence #1946803 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 以免 is built
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以yǐto use
以 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
免miǎnto excuse sb
⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
口mouth · kǒu
儿legs · ér
How to write 以免
以 4 strokes · 免 7 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 以免 (yǐmiǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
以免 (yǐmiǎn) means “so as not to” or “in order to avoid”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǐmiǎn: yǐ with a 3rd tone, then miǎn with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like yímiǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 以免 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yimian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 以免 from the suggestions. Typing yimian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
以免 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.
以yǐ3rd tone, dipping
