預防

See also: 豫防, 预防, and 予防

Chinese

		to advance; in advance; beforehand to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
trad. (預防)		預	防
simp. (预防)		预	防
alternative forms		豫防 (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ fong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi-fòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): īr-hông / ū-hông / ī-hông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): e⁶ huang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùfáng
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-fang²
    • Yale: yù-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhfarng
    • Palladius: юйфан (jujfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶ fong⁴
    • Yale: yuh fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²² fɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-fòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: i fongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ fong²
    • Sinological IPA: /i⁵⁵ foŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-fòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i fongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ fong²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵ foŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: īr-hông
    • Tâi-lô: īr-hông
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-hông
    • Tâi-lô: ū-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxhoong
    • IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī-hông
    • Tâi-lô: ī-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ixhoong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /i⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: e⁶ huang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ṳ̆ huâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

預防

1. to take precautions against; to prevent

Synonyms

• 免除 (miǎnchú)
• 嚴防／严防 (yánfáng)
• 戒備／戒备 (jièbèi)
• 提防
• 謹防／谨防 (jǐnfáng)
• 避 (bì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 避免 (bìmiǎn)
• 防 (fáng)
• 防備／防备 (fángbèi)
• 防止 (fángzhǐ)
• 防範／防范 (fángfàn)
• 阻止 (zǔzhǐ)
• 預備／预备 (yùbèi) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 預防性／预防性 (yùfángxìng)
• 預防接種／预防接种
• 預防注射
• 預防醫學／预防医学
• 預防針／预防针 (yùfángzhēn)

 

Related terms

• 操縱／操纵 (cāozòng)
• 防控 (fángkòng)
• 管控 (guǎnkòng)
• 管理 (guǎnlǐ)
• 控制 (kòngzhì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (預防):

• → Japanese: 予(よ)防(ぼう) (yobō)
• → Korean: 예방(豫防) (yebang)
• → Vietnamese: dự phòng (預防)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
預	防

Verb

預防

1. chữ Hán form of dự phòng (“to provide (for, against an undesirable event)”).