HSK 6 · Verbs

防止 fángzhǐ “to prevent” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 防止 means

  1. to prevent
  2. to guard against
  3. to take precautions

How to say 防止

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale止zhǐ3rd tone, dipping

防止 in a sentence

  1. 防止山火，人人有责。

    Fángzhǐ shānhuǒ, rénrén yǒu zé.

    Preventing bushfires is everyone’s responsibility.

    Sentence #1746082 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 为了防止盗版，他有些电影从未在影院上映。

    Wèile fángzhǐ dàobǎn, tā yǒuxiē diànyǐng cóngwèi zài yǐngyuàn shàngyìng.

    To prevent piracy, some of his films were never shown in cinemas.

    Sentence #1324903 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 您不能防止您的狗跑到我的院子里来吗？

    Nín bùnéng fángzhǐ nín de gǒu pǎodào wǒ de yuànzi lǐ lái ma?

    Can’t you stop your dog from running into my garden?

    Sentence #10305644 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 防止 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 止 (zhǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
止zhǐto stop
  • 上above · shǎng
  • 丨line · gǔn

How to write 防止

防 6 strokes · 止 4 strokes

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

Words related to 防止

Words with 防

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

Words with 止

禁止jìnzhǐ · to prohibit阻止zǔzhǐ · to prevent截止jiézhǐ · to end制止zhìzhǐ · to stop终止zhōngzhǐ · to terminate不止bùzhǐ · more than迄今为止qìjīnwéizhǐ · so far

More words: Common Verbs

遏制èzhì · to curb发动fādòng · to start放大fàngdà · to enlarge访问fǎngwèn · to visit反抗fǎnkàng · to resist发扬fāyáng · to carry forward逢féng · to come across封闭fēngbì · to seal off

FAQs

防止 (fángzhǐ) means “to prevent” or “to guard against”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fángzhǐ: fáng with a 2nd tone, then zhǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 防止 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fangzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 防止 from the suggestions. Typing fangzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
防止 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.