HSK 6 · Verbs

戒备 jièbèi “to guard against” in Chinese

Traditional 戒備

What 戒备 means

  1. to guard against
  2. to be on the alert
  3. to take precautions
  4. to guard against (emergency)

How to say 戒备

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale戒jiè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale备bèi4th tone, falling

戒备 in a sentence

  1. 我对你有所戒备。

    Wǒ duì nǐ yǒusuǒ jièbèi.

    I’m wary of you.

    Sentence #13912409 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这名士兵在黑暗中保持戒备。

    Zhè míng shìbīng zài hēi'àn zhōng bǎochí jièbèi.

    The soldier stayed on the alert in the darkness.

    Sentence #875041 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 戒备 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 戒 (jiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
戒jièto guard against
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 廾two hands · gǒng
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 戒备

戒 7 strokes · 备 8 strokes

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

Words related to 戒备

Words with 戒

戒jiè · to give up (a habit)戒指jièzhi · (finger) ring

Words with 备

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

More words: Common Verbs

检验jiǎnyàn · to inspect交叉jiāochā · to cross夹杂jiāzá · to be mixed with继承jìchéng · to inherit解除jiěchú · to remove竭尽全力jiéjìnquánlì · to do one’s utmost解散jiěsàn · to dissolve解体jiětǐ · to disintegrate

FAQs

戒备 (jièbèi) means “to guard against” or “to be on the alert”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jièbèi: jiè with a 4th 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, 戒备 is written 戒備. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiebei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 戒备 from the suggestions. Typing jiebei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
戒备 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.