HSK 6 · Money

储备 chǔbèi “reserves” in Chinese

Traditional 儲備

What 储备 means

  1. reserves
  2. to store up

How to say 储备

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale储chǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale备bèi4th tone, falling

储备 in a sentence

  1. 我们家储备了一些米和水。

    Wǒmen jiā chǔbèi le yìxiē mǐ hé shuǐ.

    Our family has stored up some rice and water.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 学生时代应该多储备知识。

    Xuésheng shídài yīnggāi duō chǔbèi zhīshi.

    Students should build up a store of knowledge while they can.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 储备 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 储 (chǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
储chǔto store up; to keep in reserve
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 诸all · zhūSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 诸 (zhū) hints at the sound. Compare it with chǔ.

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 储备

储 12 strokes · 备 8 strokes

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

Words related to 储备

Words with 储

储存chǔcún · to store储蓄chǔxù · savings

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筹备chóubèi · to prepare备份bèifèn · to back up装备zhuāngbèi · equipment

More words: Money & Economy

钞票chāopiào · banknote成本chéngběn · cost (of production)成交chéngjiāo · to close a deal赤字chìzì · deficit储蓄chǔxù · savings次品cìpǐn · defective product担保dānbǎo · to guarantee淡季dànjì · off season

FAQs

储备 (chǔbèi) means “reserves” or “to store up”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chǔbèi: chǔ with a 3rd 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, 储备 is written 儲備. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chubei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 储备 from the suggestions. Typing chubei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
储备 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.