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预防

yù fáng 4–2

to prevent; to take precautions against; to protect; to guard against; precautionary; prophylactic

HSK level
HSK 3
HSK 2.0 level 5 · HSK 3.0 level 3
Characters
2
预 · 防
Syllables
2
yù fáng
Frequency
Less common
corpus count 5,185

Part of speech: v,vn

Character by character

  • 预yù10 strokesHSK 3 traditional 預prepare, arrange; in advance
  • 防fáng7 strokesHSK 3defend; prevent; embankment

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Words with the same characters

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

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