能免則免

Chinese

		ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	to exempt; to remove; to avoid to exempt; to remove; to avoid; to excuse	(expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause); standard; norm (expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause); standard; norm; rule; to imitate; to follow; then; principle	to exempt; to remove; to avoid to exempt; to remove; to avoid; to excuse
trad. (能免則免)		能	免	則	免
simp. (能免则免)		能	免	则	免

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): néngmiǎnzémiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nang⁴ min⁵ zak¹ min⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: néngmiǎnzémiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: néngmiǎnzémiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nêng²-mien³-tsê²-mien³
    • Yale: néng-myǎn-dzé-myǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nengmeantzermean
    • Palladius: нэнмяньцзэмянь (nɛnmjanʹczɛmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɤŋ³⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nang⁴ min⁵ zak¹ min⁵
    • Yale: nàhng míhn jāk míhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nang⁴ min⁵ dzak⁷ min⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: neng⁴ min⁵ zeg¹ min⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐŋ²¹ miːn¹³ t͡sɐk̚⁵ miːn¹³/

Phrase

能免則免

1. to avoid if possible

Synonyms

• 可免則免／可免则免 (kěmiǎnzémiǎn)