準備

See also: 准备

Chinese

accurate; standard to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip
trad. (準備) 準 備
simp. (准备) 准 备

Pronunciation


Verb

準備

  1. to prepare; to get ready
    準備出去/准备出去  ―  zhǔnbèi chūqù  ―  to get ready to go out
    準備一頓飯/准备一顿饭  ―  zhǔnbèi yī dùn fàn  ―  to prepare a meal
    都準備好了,就等著您的演說呢。 [MSC, trad.]
    都准备好了,就等着您的演说呢。 [MSC, simp.]
    Dōu zhǔnbèi hǎo le, jiù děng zhe nín de yǎnshuō ne. [Pinyin]
    We are all ready — just waiting for your speech.
    兩天要準備八門的考試,她恐怕吃不消。 [MSC, trad.]
    两天要准备八门的考试,她恐怕吃不消。 [MSC, simp.]
    Liǎng tiān yào zhǔnbèi bā mén de kǎoshì, tā kǒngpà chībùxiāo. [Pinyin]
    She feared she wouldn't be able to handle preparing for eight exams in two days.
  2. to plan; to intend
    準備到北京打工/准备到北京打工  ―  zhǔnbèi dào běijīng dǎgōng  ―  to intend to go to Beijing for work
    她在冬天收集了許多雪水,準備夏天用來降暑。 [MSC, trad.]
    她在冬天收集了许多雪水,准备夏天用来降暑。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zài dōngtiān shōují le xǔduō xuěshuǐ, zhǔnbèi xiàtiān yònglái jiàng shǔ. [Pinyin]
    She collected lots of snow water in winter so as to reduce the heat in summer.

Synonyms

  • (to prepare):
  • (to plan):

Noun

準備

  1. preparation
    做好準備/做好准备  ―  zuòhǎo zhǔnbèi  ―  to get ready
    做好心裡準備/做好心里准备  ―  zuòhǎo xīnlǐ zhǔnbèi  ―  to prepare oneself mentally

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (準備):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
準 備
じゅん
Grade: 5
び
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じゅ​んび [júꜜǹbì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑɨ̃ᵝmbʲi]

Noun

準(じゅん)備(び) • (junbi) 

  1. preparations
    十(じゅう)分(ぶん)な準(じゅん)備(び)が必(ひつ)要(よう)だ。
    Jūbun na junbi ga hitsuyō da.
    We need to be fully prepared.

Verb

準(じゅん)備(び)する • (junbi suru) suru (stem 準(じゅん)備(び)し (junbi shi), past 準(じゅん)備(び)した (junbi shita))

  1. prepare

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
準備

Noun

準備 • (junbi) (hangeul 준비)

  1. Hanja form? of 준비 (“preparation”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
準備

Noun

準備

  1. chữ Hán form of chuẩn bị (“to prepare”).
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