HSK 5 · Verbs

具备 jùbèi “to possess” in Chinese

Traditional 具備

What 具备 means

  1. to possess
  2. to have
  3. equipped with
  4. able to fulfil (conditions or requirements)

How to say 具备

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale具jù4th 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

具备 in a sentence

  1. 孩子学钢琴要具备哪些条件？

    Háizi xué gāngqín yào jùbèi nǎxiē tiáojiàn?

    What does a child need in order to learn the piano?

    Sentence #1404363 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 信心、毅力、勇气三者具备，则天下没有做不成的事。

    Xìnxīn, yìlì, yǒngqì sān zhě jùbèi, zé tiānxià méiyǒu zuò bùchéng de shì.

    With confidence, perseverance and courage, there’s nothing in the world you can’t achieve.

    Sentence #838368 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 具备 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 具 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
具jùtool
  • 目eye · mù
  • 一one · yī
  • 八eight · bā
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 具备

具 8 strokes · 备 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 具备

Words with 具

家具jiājù · furniture具体jùtǐ · specific工具gōngjù · tool玩具wánjù · plaything文具wénjù · stationery (pens

Words with 备

准备zhǔnbèi · to prepare责备zébèi · to blame设备shèbèi · equipment戒备jièbèi · to guard against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

届jiè · measure word for sessions尽力jìnlì · to strive one’s hardest进步jìnbù · progress救jiù · to rescue捐juān · to donate开放kāifàng · to open (to the public)砍kǎn · to chop克kè · gram

FAQs

具备 (jùbèi) means “to possess” or “to have”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jùbèi: jù 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, 具备 is written 具備. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jubei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 具备 from the suggestions. Typing jubei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
具备 is an HSK 5 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.