HSK 6 · Work

筹备 chóubèi “to prepare” in Chinese

Traditional 籌備

What 筹备 means

  1. to prepare
  2. to make arrangements for
  3. preparations
  4. to get ready for sth

How to say 筹备

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale筹chóu2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale备bèi4th tone, falling

筹备 in a sentence

  1. 他正在筹备一次旅行。

    Tā zhèngzài chóubèi yí cì lǚxíng.

    He is making preparations for a trip.

    Sentence #795257 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 她精心筹备了这个派对。

    Tā jīngxīn chóubèi le zhè ge pàiduì.

    She planned this party with great care.

    Sentence #834704 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 筹备 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 筹 (chóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
筹chóuchip; token; ticket
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 寿old age · shòuSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 寿 (shòu) hints at the sound. Compare it with chóu.

The character 备 (bèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
备bèito prepare; to equip
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 田field · tián

How to write 筹备

筹 13 strokes · 备 8 strokes

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筹备 (chóubèi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 筹备 (chóubèi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 筹备

Words with 筹

统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngù · to plan as a whole and consider all aspects

Words with 备

准备zhǔnbèi · to prepare责备zébèi · to blame具备jùbèi · to possess设备shèbèi · equipment戒备jièbèi · to guard against配备pèibèi · to equip完备wánbèi · complete储备chǔbèi · reserves备份bèifèn · to back up装备zhuāngbèi · equipment

More words: Work & Career

操劳cāoláo · to work hard策划cèhuà · to plan承办chéngbàn · to undertake承包chéngbāo · to contract创立chuànglì · to found创业chuàngyè · to start a business搭档dādàng · partner代理dàilǐ · to act on behalf of

FAQs

筹备 (chóubèi) means “to prepare” or “to make arrangements for”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chóubèi: chóu with a 2nd tone, then bèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 筹备 is written 籌備. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type choubei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 筹备 from the suggestions. Typing choubei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
筹备 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.