准 zhǔn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
准备
zhǔnbèi
to prepare; to plan to
Characters in this word
备 bèi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 夂 — to go
- Made of
- 夂 to go 田 field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我在准备早饭。 Wǒ zài zhǔnbèi zǎofàn. I'm making breakfast.
- 你准备好了吗？ Nǐ zhǔnbèi hǎo le ma? Are you ready?
- 我们在准备晚饭。 Wǒmen zài zhǔnbèi wǎnfàn. We're getting dinner ready.
- 王明准备考试。 Wáng Míng zhǔnbèi kǎoshì. Wang Ming is preparing for the exam.
- 你准备去哪儿？ Nǐ zhǔnbèi qù nǎr? Where are you planning to go?
- 老师准备上课了。 Lǎoshī zhǔnbèi shàngkè le. The teacher is getting ready to start class.
- 我们准备去吃饭。 Wǒmen zhǔnbèi qù chīfàn. We're getting ready to go eat.
- 她没准备好。 Tā méi zhǔnbèi hǎo. She isn't ready.
- 准备好水了吗？ Zhǔnbèi hǎo shuǐ le ma? Have you prepared the water?
- 请准备课本。 Qǐng zhǔnbèi kèběn. Please get your textbooks ready.
Related words
- 准确 zhǔnquè accurate
- 标准 biāozhǔn standard
- 批准 pīzhǔn to approve
- 准 zhǔn accurate; exact
- 准时 zhǔnshí on time
- 精准 jīngzhǔn accurate, precise
- 不准 bùzhǔn not to allow; not permitted
- 基准 jīzhǔn benchmark; reference standard; baseline
- 没准儿 méizhǔnr perhaps; maybe; not certain
- 瞄准 miáozhǔn to aim at; to target
- 水准 shuǐzhǔn standard; level
- 准许 zhǔnxǔ to permit; to allow