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.