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
预备
yùbèi
to prepare
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
- 请预备晚饭。 Qǐng yùbèi wǎnfàn. Please get dinner ready.
- 我们预备出门。 Wǒmen yùbèi chūmén. We are getting ready to go out.
- 预备好了吗？ Yùbèi hǎo le ma? Is everything ready?
Related words
- 预报 yùbào forecast
- 预防 yùfáng to prevent
- 预计 yùjì to expect; to estimate
- 预习 yùxí to prepare before class
- 预测 yùcè to predict
- 预订 yùdìng to reserve
- 干预 gānyù to interfere
- 预期 yùqī expected; expectation
- 准备 zhǔnbèi to prepare; to plan to
- 设备 shèbèi equipment
- 具备 jùbèi to have; to be equipped with
- 配备 pèibèi to equip