避免 bìmiǎn▶ evitar

Stroke order

避免 is written in 23 strokes across 2 characters.

• 避 — 16 strokes
• 免 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. to avert
2. to prevent
3. to avoid
4. to refrain from

Related words

• 逃避escape
• 难免Inevitable
• 不免inevitable
• 以免por si acaso
• 免得para que no
• 免疫inmune

避免 is pronounced bìmiǎn and means “evitar”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 避免 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.