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预防

yù fáng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 預防

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

What 预防 means

1. to prevent
2. to take precautions against
3. to protect
4. to guard against
5. precautionary
6. prophylactic

The characters in 预防

• 预yùto advance; in advance; beforehand
• 防fángto protect; to defend; to guard against

Example sentences

• 预防胜于治疗。
  Prevention is better than cure.
• 这些措施可以预防疾病蔓延。
  Zhèxiē cuòshī kěyǐ yùfáng jíbìng mànyán.
  These measures can prevent the disease from spreading.
• 避孕套可以预防性传播疾病。
  Bìyùntào kěyǐ yùfáng xìngchuánbō jíbìng.
  Condoms offer protection against sexually transmitted diseases.
• 我们使用了强大的措施来预防。
  Wǒmen shǐyòng le qiángdà de cuòshī lái yùfáng.
  We took strong measures to prevent it.
• 预防措施比真正的治疗更有效。
  Yùfáng cuòshī bǐ zhēnzhèng de zhìliáo gèng yǒuxiào.
  Preventive measures are much more effective than the actual treatment.
• 我们采取了强有力的预防措施。
  Wǒmen cǎiqǔ le qiángyǒulì de yùfáng cuòshī.
  We took strong measures to prevent it.

Words starting with 预防

• 预防针yù fáng zhēnimmunization injection; fig. forewarning; heads-up
• 预防性yù fáng xìngprophylactic; preventative; protective
• 预防法yù fáng fǎprophylaxis; medical prevention
• 预防接种yù fáng jiē zhòngprophylactic inoculation
• 预防措施yù fáng cuò shīprotective step; protective measure
• 预防免疫yù fáng miǎn yìprophylactic inoculation

Where 预防 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Hesitation, Pre-planning & Raw Materials (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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