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

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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    預防／预防
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 fong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ fong²
  - Sinological IPA: /i⁵⁵ foŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-fòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i fong^ˇ
  - 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

to take precautions against; to prevent

Synonyms

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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

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

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