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防

fáng

HSK 5 Character

What 防 means

1. to protect
2. to defend
3. to guard against
4. to prevent

Example sentences

• 防胜于治。
  Prevention is better than cure.
• 防微杜渐。
  A stitch in time saves nine.
• 请叫消防员。
  Qǐng jiào xiāofángyuán.
  Please call the fire department.
• 涂点防晒吧。
  Tú diǎn fángshài ba.
  Put on some sunscreen.
• 预防胜于治疗。
  Prevention is better than cure.
• 这手表是防水的。
  Zhè shǒubiǎo shì fángshuǐ de.
  This watch is waterproof.

Words starting with 防

• 防止fáng zhǐto prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
• 防治fáng zhìto prevent and cure; prevention and cure
• 防御fáng yùdefense; to defend
• 防守fáng shǒuto defend; to protect (against)
• 防疫fáng yìto prevent epidemics
• 防范fáng fànto be on guard; wariness; to guard against
• 防护fáng hùto defend; to protect
• 防线fáng xiàndefensive line or perimeter
• 防火fáng huǒto protect against fire
• 防水fáng shuǐwaterproof
• 防备fáng bèito guard against
• 防盗fáng dàoto guard against theft; anti-theft
• 防卫fáng wèito defend; defensive; defense
• 防晒fáng shàisunburn protection
• 防火墙fáng huǒ qiángfirewall
• 防空洞fáng kōng dòngair raid shelter; bomb shelter; (fig.) place that protects bad people; hideout
• 防空fáng kōnganti-aircraft defense
• 防控fáng kòngto prevent and control (e.g. the spread of a communicable disease)
• 防盗门fáng dào ménsecurity door
• 防伪fáng wěito prevent counterfeiting; anti-counterfeiting
• 防暴fáng bàoto suppress a riot; riot control
• 防潮fáng cháodamp proof; moisture proof; protection against tides
• 防身fáng shēnself-protection; to defend oneself
• 防晒霜fáng shài shuāngsuntan lotion; sunscreen cream

Words containing 防

• 预防yù fángto prevent; to take precautions against; to protect
• 消防xiāo fángfirefighting; fire control
• 国防guó fángnational defense
• 以防yǐ fáng(so as) to avoid; to prevent; (just) in case
• 边防biān fángfrontier defense
• 提防dī fangto guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip)
• 国防部长guó fáng bù zhǎngDefense secretary; Defense Minister
• 国防部Guó fáng bùDefense Department; Ministry of National Defense
• 设防shè fángto set up defenses; to fortify
• 冷不防lěng bu fángunexpectedly; suddenly; at unawares
• 消防车xiāo fáng chēfire engine; fire truck
• 严防yán fángto take strict precautions; on your guard
• 谨防jǐn fángto guard against; to beware of
• 消防队xiāo fáng duìfire department; fire brigade
• 海防hǎi fángcoastal defense
• 以防万一yǐ fáng wàn yīto guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case; prepared for any eventualities
• 攻防gōng fángto attack and defend…
• 猝不及防cù bù jí fángto be caught off guard; without warning
• 预防针yù fáng zhēnimmunization injection; fig. forewarning; heads-up
• 堤防dī fángdike; embankment; levee
• 人防rén fángcivil air defence (abbr. for 人民防空
• 增防zēng fángto reinforce defenses
• 布防bù fángto lay out a defense
• 心防xīn fángguardedness; wariness; mental defenses

Characters built on 方

These share the phonetic component 方 (fāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 房fánghouse; room; branch of an extended family
• 放fàngto put; to place; to release
• 访fǎng(bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
• 旁pángone side; other; different
• 妨fángto hinder; (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm; (what) harm
• 仿fǎngto imitate; to copy
• 纺fǎngto spin (cotton or hemp etc); fine woven silk fabric
• 肪fánganimal fat

Characters that look like 防

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity…
• 附fùto add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
• 阶jiērank or step; stairs
• 陈chén(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state…
• 肋lèi(bound form) rib; Taiwan pr. lè
• 肘zhǒuelbow; pork shoulder

Sounds the same

Read fáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 房house; room; branch of an extended family
• 妨to hinder; (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm; (what) harm
• 肪animal fat
• 坊workshop; mill; Taiwan pr. fāng
• 鲂bream; Zeus japanicus