Chinese symbol for “precautionary”
预防
yù fáng
Traditional: 預防
to prevent; to take precautions against; to protect; to guard against
The closest CC-CEDICT match for precautionary is 预防 (yù fáng), defined as: to prevent; to take precautions against; to protect; to guard against; precautionary; prophylactic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 预防.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 预算 (預算) | yù suàn | budget |
| 预测 (預測) | yù cè | to forecast; to predict |
| 预计 (預計) | yù jì | to forecast; to predict |
| 预期 (預期) | yù qī | to expect; to anticipate |
| 干预 (干預) | gān yù | to meddle; to intervene |
| 防止 | fáng zhǐ | to prevent; to guard against |
| 国防 (國防) | guó fáng | national defense |
| 防御 (防禦) | fáng yù | defense; to defend |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.