HSK 6 · Society

防御 fángyù “defence” in Chinese

Traditional 防禦

What 防御 means

  1. defence
  2. to defend
  3. to resist

How to say 防御

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale防fáng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale御yù4th tone, falling

防御 in a sentence

  1. 进攻是最好的防御。

    Jìngōng shì zuìhǎo de fángyù.

    Attack is the best form of defence.

    Sentence #797083 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 防御 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 防 (fáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
防fángto protect
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 方square · fāngSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 方 (fāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with fáng.

The character 御 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
御yùimperial; royal
  • 彳step · chìMeaning part
  • 卸to unload · xièSound part

彳 hints at the meaning (step); 卸 (xiè) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

How to write 防御

防 6 strokes · 御 12 strokes

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

Words related to 防御

Words with 防

预防yùfáng · to prevent防治fángzhì · to prevent and treat (disease)防守fángshǒu · to defend防止fángzhǐ · to prevent国防guófáng · national defence消防xiāofáng · firefighting

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赌博dǔbó · to gamble独裁dúcái · dictatorship队伍duìwu · ranks毒品dúpǐn · drugs方针fāngzhēn · policy法人fǎrén · legal entity诽谤fěibàng · to slander废除fèichú · to abolish

FAQs

防御 (fángyù) means “defence” or “to defend”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fángyù: fáng with a 2nd tone, then yù 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, 防御 is written 防禦. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fangyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 防御 from the suggestions. Typing fangyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
防御 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.