# 毋免
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): m̄-bián / m̄-bén / m̄-mián / mián
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-bián
*** Tâi-lô: m̄-bián
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mxbiern
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /m̩⁴¹⁻²² biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /m̩²²⁻²¹ biɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /m̩³³⁻²¹ biɛn⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /m̩³³⁻¹¹ biɛn⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Hui'an)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-bén
*** Tâi-lô: m̄-bén
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mxbean
*** IPA (Hui'an): /m̩²¹⁻²² ben⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-mián
*** Tâi-lô: m̄-mián
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mxmiern
*** IPA (Penang): /m̩²¹ miɛn⁴⁴⁵/
** (Hokkien: Singapore, Penang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mián
*** Tâi-lô: mián
*** Phofsit Daibuun: miern
*** IPA (Penang): /miɛn⁴⁴⁵/
*** IPA (Singapore): /miɛn⁴²/
*** IPA (Philippines): /miɛn⁵⁵⁴/

### Adverb

毋免 (Southern Min)
* it is not necessary; there is no need

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 不必, 無須, 毋庸 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不必, 毋須, 無須, 無須乎, 不待 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 甭, 不用, 甭用 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 不用 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 甭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 不用 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 不用, 不必 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 甭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 不用 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 不消 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 不消, 用不著 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 不用 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 用不著 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 不用 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唔使 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 唔使 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 唔使 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 唔使, 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 唔使 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 無使, 使乜 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 唔使 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 唔使 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 不消, 用不著 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 唔使 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 不用 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 伓讓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 伓使 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 伓使 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 伓使 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 毋免, 免, 毋使 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 毋免, 免 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 毋免, 免, 毋使 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 毋免, 免 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 毋免, 免 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 毋免, 免 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 毋免, 免 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 毋免, 免 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 免, 免用 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 免, 免用 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 免 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 免 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 免, 免用 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 免 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 免 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 無用 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 無用 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 唔使 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 勿要, 覅, 用勿著, 勿用, 好勿要, 好覅 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 用勿著 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 甮, 好甮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 覅用, 否用 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 不消 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 不消, 不要 |

#### Derived terms

* 好囝毋免濟，濟囝餓死爸 / 好囝毋免济，济囝饿死爸

### Interjection

毋免 (Southern Min)
* no thank you

### References

* “Entry #922”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.