HSK 5 · Verbs

预防 yùfáng “to prevent” in Chinese

Traditional 預防

What 预防 means

  1. to prevent
  2. to take precautions against
  3. to protect
  4. to guard against
  5. precautionary
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • prophylactic

How to say 预防

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

预防 in a sentence

  1. 预防胜于治疗。

    Yùfáng shèng yú zhìliáo.

    Prevention is better than cure.

    Sentence #392412 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 这些措施可以预防疾病蔓延。

    Zhèxiē cuòshī kěyǐ yùfáng jíbìng mànyán.

    These measures can prevent the disease from spreading.

    Sentence #742937 from Tatoeba

  3. 听说适时地补充水分可以预防中暑。

    Tīngshuō shìshí de bǔchōng shuǐfèn kěyǐ yùfáng zhòngshǔ.

    I’ve heard that drinking enough water at the right times can help prevent heatstroke.

    Sentence #2609505 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 预防 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 预 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
预yùto advance
  • 予to give · yúSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 予 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

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.

How to write 预防

预 10 strokes · 防 6 strokes

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

Words related to 预防

Words with 预

预习yùxí · to prepare a lesson预订yùdìng · to place an order预报yùbào · forecast预先yùxiān · in advance预料yùliào · to expect预期yùqī · to expect预言yùyán · to predict干预gānyù · to intervene预算yùsuàn · budget预兆yùzhào · omen

Words with 防

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

More words: Common Verbs

应付yìngfu · to deal with应用yìngyòng · to put to use迎接yíngjiē · to welcome预订yùdìng · to place an order运输yùnshū · to transport运用yùnyòng · to use造成zàochéng · to bring about摘zhāi · to pick (fruit

FAQs

预防 (yùfáng) means “to prevent” or “to take precautions against”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yùfáng: yù with a 4th tone, then fáng with a 2nd 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, 预防 is written 預防. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yufang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 预防 from the suggestions. Typing yufang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
预防 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.