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防止

fáng zhǐ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

防止 (fáng zhǐ) means "to prevent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 防止 means

1. to prevent
2. to guard against
3. to take precautions

The characters in 防止

• 防fángto protect; to defend; to guard against
• 止zhǐto stop; to prohibit; until

Example sentences

• 防止山火，人人有责。
  Fángzhǐ shānhuǒ, rénrényǒuzé.
  The prevention of forest fires is everyone's responsibility.
• 她穿着一件厚外套以防止冷。
  Tā chuān zhe yī jiàn hòu wàitào yǐfáng zhǐ lěng.
  She was wearing a thick coat against the chill.
• 律师是防止别人拿你的钱的人。
  Lǜshī shì fángzhǐ biéren ná nǐ de qián de rén.
  A lawyer is a person who prevents someone else from getting your money.
• 您不能防止您的狗跑到我的院子里来吗？
  Can't you keep your dog from coming into my garden?
• 为了防止盗版，他有些电影从未在影院上映。
  To prevent them from being pirated, some of his films were never shown at the cinema.
• 湿地在生态系统中扮演着净化水源、防止洪水和侵蚀、为野生动物提供食物和栖息地的重要角色。
  Wetlands play important roles in the ecosystem in purifying water, protecting against flood and erosion, and as both a source of food and habitat for wild animals.

Where 防止 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fàn–fǎn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fáng zhǐ correctly.
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