Avoid in Chinese
to avoid · HSK 5
避免
- 避 to avoid
- 免 to exempt
开车要小心，避免出事故。 Drive carefully to avoid accidents.
Other ways to say avoid
More words with 避 or 免
How do you say avoid in Chinese?
Avoid in Chinese is 避免 (bì miǎn). You can also say 避 (bì), 躲避 (duǒ bì), 躲 (duǒ), 逃 (táo).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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