避免

bìmiǎn

verb HSK 5 #2,602

Meanings

To avoid and be free from - to prevent something from happening.

HSK 4

请避免在室内吸烟。

Qǐng bìmiǎn zài shìnèi xīyān.

Please avoid smoking indoors.

HSK 4

为了避免迟到，他提前出发了。

Wèile bìmiǎn chídào, tā tíqián chūfā le.

To avoid being late, he left early.

HSK 6

我们要避免犯同样的错误。

Wǒmen yào bìmiǎn fàn tóngyàng de cuòwù.

We must avoid making the same mistake.

grammar

避免 is followed by a verb phrase (避免犯错误) or a clause. It cannot take a simple noun directly - use 避开 for that.

避 bì

免 miǎn