未免

wèimiǎn

adverb HSK 7-9 #13,224

Meanings

1 rather; a bit too
2 unavoidably; it would seem

Characters

to avoid; to exempt

Literally 'cannot avoid' - evolved into a softening adverb that politely suggests something is excessive.

Examples

HSK 4

这个价格未免太贵了吧。

Zhège jiàgé wèimiǎn tài guì le ba.

This price is rather too expensive, don't you think?

HSK 5

你这样说未免太过分了。

Nǐ zhèyàng shuō wèimiǎn tài guòfèn le.

What you said is a bit too much.

Tips

grammar

未免 is a polite way to criticize - it softens a negative judgment. The pattern is always 未免 + 太 + adjective: 未免太严格了 (a bit too strict), 未免太简单了 (rather too simple). It's gentler than saying 太...了 directly.

Stroke Order

未 wèi

免 miǎn