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
预示
yùshì
to indicate; to foreshadow
Characters in this word
示 shì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 示 — altar
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 海平面持续上升，预示着低洼地区将面临更频繁的洪水威胁。 Hǎipíngmiàn chíxù shàngshēng, yùshì zhe dīwā dìqū jiāng miànlín gèng pínfán de hóngshuǐ wēixié. The continuous rise in sea level indicates that low-lying areas will face more frequent flood threats.
- 天边乌云密布，预示着一场大雨即将来临。 Tiānbiān wūyún mìbù, yùshì zhe yī chǎng dàyǔ jíjiāng láilín. Dark clouds densely cover the horizon, foretelling that a heavy rain is about to arrive.
- 销售额连续三个月下降，预示公司经营出了问题。 Xiāoshòué liánxù sān gè yuè xiàjiàng, yùshì gōngsī jīngyíng chūle wèntí. Sales have been falling for three consecutive months, indicating that the company's operations have run into problems.
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
- 预定 yùdìng to book, to reserve
- 预料 yùliào to predict; prediction
- 预感 yùgǎn to have a premonition; premonition