备 — Chinese character
备
bèi
to prepare; to get ready, to equip; ready; perfect
- Pinyin
- bèi
- Radical
- 34 ⼡ (Go)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 夂 田
- Formation
- ideographic — To go 夂 to the farm 田 to prepare for a harvest
- Traditional
- 備
Common words with 备
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 准备 (準備) | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare |
| 设备 (設備) | shè bèi | equipment; facilities; installations |
| 具备 (具備) | jù bèi | to possess; to have |
| 装备 (裝備) | zhuāng bèi | equipment; to equip |
| 配备 (配備) | pèi bèi | to allocate; to provide |
| 筹备 (籌備) | chóu bèi | preparations; to get ready for sth |
| 储备 (儲備) | chǔ bèi | to store up; reserves |
| 预备 (預備) | yù bèi | to prepare; to make ready |
| 备案 (備案) | bèi àn | to put on record; to file |
| 备受 (備受) | bèi shòu | to receive a great deal of (respect, criticism, attention etc) |
| 完备 (完備) | wán bèi | faultless; complete |
| 备忘录 (備忘錄) | bèi wàng lù | memorandum; aide-memoire |
English words written with 备
- equipment
- essential
- reserve
- prepare
- preparation
- outfit
- backup
- possess
- preparations
- installations
- stereo
- garrison
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.