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预

yù

HSK 4 Character Traditional 預

What 预 means

1. to advance
2. in advance
3. beforehand
4. to prepare

Example sentences

• 我要预约。
  I'd like to make a reservation.
• 预订好了。
  The reservation is already made.
• 你有预约吗？
  Do you have an appointment?
• 汤姆有预约。
  Tom has a reservation.
• 明天预报有雪。
  Míngtiān yùbào yǒu xuě.
  Tomorrow there is a forecast of snow.
• 预防胜于治疗。
  Prevention is better than cure.

Words starting with 预

• 预习yù xíto prepare a lesson
• 预防yù fángto prevent; to take precautions against; to protect
• 预订yù dìngto place an order; to book ahead
• 预报yù bàoforecast
• 预算yù suànbudget
• 预期yù qīto expect; to anticipate
• 预料yù liàoto forecast; to anticipate; expectation
• 预言yù yánto predict; prophecy
• 预先yù xiānbeforehand; in advance
• 预兆yù zhàoomen; sign (of sth yet to occur); prior indication
• 预赛yù sàipreliminary competition; to hold preliminary heats
• 预测yù cèto forecast; to predict
• 预计yù jìto forecast; to predict; to estimate
• 预科yù kēpreparatory course (in college)
• 预备yù bèito prepare; to make ready; preparation
• 预定yù dìngto schedule in advance
• 预约yù yuēbooking; reservation; to book
• 预感yù gǎnto have a premonition; premonition
• 预告yù gàoto forecast; to predict; advance notice
• 预见yù jiànto foresee; to predict; to forecast
• 预示yù shìto indicate; to foretell; to forebode
• 预警yù jǐngwarning; early warning
• 预想yù xiǎngto anticipate; to expect
• 预案yù àncontingency plan

Words containing 预

• 干预gān yùto meddle; to intervene; intervention
• 天气预报tiān qì yù bàoweather forecast
• 大学预科dà xué yù kēuniversity preparatory course
• 罗预luó yù(old) very short unit of time (loanword, from Sanskrit)
• 年度预算nián dù yù suànannual budget
• 国防预算guó fáng yù suàndefense budget
• 出乎预料chū hū yù liàobeyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
• 有预谋yǒu yù móupremeditated
• 非预谋fēi yù móuunpremeditated
• 勿谓言之不预wù wèi yán zhī bù yù(idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned…
• 生前预嘱shēng qián yù zhǔliving will
• 参预cān yùvariant of 参与

Characters built on 予

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

• 序xù(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
• 舒shūto stretch; to unfold; to relax
• 豫yùhappy; carefree; at one's ease
• 抒shūto express; to give expression to; variant of 纾
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease
• 妤yúused in 婕妤
• 杼zhùshuttle of a loom

Characters that look like 预

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

• 惯guànaccustomed to; used to; indulge
• 烦fánto feel vexed; to bother; to trouble
• 颈jǐngneck
• 帧zhēnframe; classifier for paintings etc; Taiwan pr. zhèng
• 荫yīn(bound form) shade (of a tree)
• 殒yǔn(literary) to perish; to die

Sounds the same

Read yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 育to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 遇(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 域field; region; area
• 寓(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 欲desire; appetite; passion
• 玉jade
• 豫happy; carefree; at one's ease
• 浴bath; to bathe
• 吁to implore
• 狱prison
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation
• 熨reconciled; smooth