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预测

yùcè

to predict

A person pointing at rain clouds
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Characters in this word

预 yù

Strokes
10
Radical
页 — page, sheet, leaf
Made of
予 to give 页 page, sheet, leaf
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 预

测 cè

Strokes
9
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 则 rule, law, regulation
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 他预测会下雨。 Tā yùcè huì xià yǔ. He predicts it will rain.
  • 预测不一定准。 Yùcè bù yídìng zhǔn. Predictions are not always right.
  • 我看天气预测。 Wǒ kàn tiānqì yùcè. I check the weather forecast.

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