预 yù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
预定
yùdìng
to book, to reserve
Characters in this word
定 dìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 疋 roll, bolt of cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 参加宴会的人数较多，我们需要提前预定餐厅。 Cānjiā yànhuì de rénshù jiào duō, wǒmen xūyào tíqián yùdìng cāntīng. Since many people are attending the banquet, we need to reserve the restaurant in advance.
- 我已经预定了两张去北京的火车票。 Wǒ yǐjīng yùdìng le liǎng zhāng qù Běijīng de huǒchēpiào. I have already booked two train tickets to Beijing.
- 周末的酒店很紧张，最好早点儿预定房间。 Zhōumò de jiǔdiàn hěn jǐnzhāng, zuìhǎo zǎo diǎnr yùdìng fángjiān. Hotels are hard to get on weekends, so it is best to book a room early.
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
- 预备 yùbèi to prepare
- 预期 yùqī expected; expectation
- 预料 yùliào to predict; prediction
- 预感 yùgǎn to have a premonition; premonition
- 预告 yùgào to announce in advance; trailer