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防止

fáng zhǐ 2–3

to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions

HSK level
HSK 3
HSK 2.0 level 6 · HSK 3.0 level 3
Characters
2
防 · 止
Syllables
2
fáng zhǐ
Frequency
Less common
corpus count 3,244

Part of speech: v

Character by character

  • 防fáng7 strokesHSK 3defend; prevent; embankment
  • 止zhǐ4 strokesHSK 3stop, halt, desist; detain

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 防止. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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