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准备

zhǔn bèi

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 準備

准备 (zhǔn bèi) means "to prepare; preparation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 准备 means

1. preparation
2. to prepare
3. to intend
4. to be about to
5. reserve (fund)

The characters in 准备

• 准zhǔnto allow; to grant; in accordance with
• 备bèi(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely

Example sentences

• 我没准备。
  I wasn't prepared.
• 我准备好了。
  I am ready.
• 准备好了吗？
  Are you ready?
• 我准备晚餐。
  I'm making dinner.
• 马上准备好。
  It'll be ready right away.
• 你准备待多久？
  How long are you going to stay?

Words starting with 准备

• 准备金zhǔn bèi jīnreserve fund
• 准备好了zhǔn bèi hǎo leto be ready

Words containing 准备

• 作好准备zuò hǎo zhǔn bèito prepare; to make adequate preparation
• 全无准备quán wú zhǔn bèicompletely unprepared
• 做准备工作zuò zhǔn bèi gōng zuòto make preparations
• 存款准备金cún kuǎn zhǔn bèi jīnreserve requirement (finance)
• 存款准备金率cún kuǎn zhǔn bèi jīn lǜdeposit-reserve ratio
• 时刻准备shí kè zhǔn bèiready at any moment

Where 准备 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of School and Work (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhǔn bèi correctly.
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