免得 (miǎn de): to avoid; so as not to

免得

miǎn de

to avoid; so as not to

HSK 6Mythic

What does 免得 mean?

免得 (pinyin: miǎn de) means to avoid; so as not to. It belongs to the official HSK 6 vocabulary (mastery), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 免得

早zǎo点diǎn 出发chū fā，免得miǎn de 迟到chí dào。

Set off early to avoid being late.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing 免 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 得

The characters of 免得

免	miǎn	component character
得	dé	have to, must (HSK 2)

Related HSK 6 words

耀眼	yào yǎn	dazzling, blinding
贩卖	fàn mài	to sell, to traffic
计较	jì jiào	to fuss over, to be petty about
人为	rén wéi	artificial, human-made
实质	shí zhì	essence, substance
喇叭	lǎ ba	horn; loudspeaker
故乡	gù xiāng	hometown, native place
门诊	mén zhěn	outpatient clinic

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