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
预兆
yùzhào
omen; sign; to foreshadow
Characters in this word
兆 zhào
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 海面突然退去并不是普通潮汐，而可能是海啸来临的预兆。 Hǎimiàn tūrán tuìqù bìng bú shì pǔtōng cháoxī, ér kěnéng shì hǎixiào láilín de yùzhào. The sudden retreat of the sea is not an ordinary tide, but may be a sign of an approaching tsunami.
- 大雁提前南飞是寒冬将至的预兆。 Dàyàn tíqián nánfēi shì hándōng jiāng zhì de yùzhào. Wild geese flying south early are an omen that a harsh winter is coming.
- 这种反常的天气预兆着气候的变化。 Zhè zhǒng fǎncháng de tiānqì yùzhào zhe qìhòu de biànhuà. Such abnormal weather foreshadows changes in the climate.
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