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准备

zhǔn bèi 3–4

preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)

HSK level
HSK 1
HSK 2.0 level 2 · HSK 3.0 level 1
Characters
2
准 · 备
Syllables
2
zhǔn bèi
Frequency
Very common
corpus count 333

Part of speech: v,vn

Character by character

  • 准zhǔn10 strokesHSK 1 traditional 準approve, allow, permit; in accord
  • 备bèi8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 備prepare, ready, perfect

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 我准备好了。

    Wǒ zhǔn bèi hǎo le

    I am ready.

  • 我没有准备好。

    Wǒ méi yǒu zhǔn bèi hǎo

    I'm not ready.

  • 我们准备去做。

    Wǒ men zhǔn bèi qù zuò

    We're preparing to do so.

  • 我准备好出发了。

    Wǒ zhǔn bèi hǎo chū fā le

    I'm ready to leave.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

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

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