免费免費 miǎnfèi — free of charge
miǎnfèi (third tone, dipping)mian3fei4
Traditional: 免費
free of charge
HSK 4· HSK 1–4 (classic)adjectiveverb
Meanings
free of charge
免, to be exempted from, and 费, a fee — costing nothing at all, zero, not merely a small amount. It sits before a noun as an adjective, 免费的午餐, or after a subject as a verb-like predicate, 停车免费, parking is free.
adjective
Example sentences
- 这个博物馆星期一免费。這個博物館星期一免費。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) bówùguǎn (second tone, rising) xīngqīyī (first tone, high and level) miǎnfèi. (third tone, dipping)···
This museum is free on Mondays.
- 买一送一，第二个是免费的。買一送一，第二個是免費的。Mǎi (third tone, dipping) yī (first tone, high and level) sòng (fourth tone, falling) yī, (first tone, high and level) dì (fourth tone, falling) èr (fourth tone, falling) ge (neutral tone) shì (fourth tone, falling) miǎnfèi (third tone, dipping) de. (neutral tone)···
Buy one get one — the second one is free.
Common mistakes
Not quite这个饭店的菜很免费。
Correct这个饭店的菜很便宜。
免费 means costing nothing at all — never merely "a good price." What costs little but still costs something is 便宜; only what costs nothing whatsoever is 免费.