Chinese symbol for “preparatory”
预备
yù bèi
Traditional: 預備
to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory
The closest CC-CEDICT match for preparatory is 预备 (yù bèi), defined as: to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 预备.
| 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 |
| 预防 (預防) | yù fáng | to prevent; to take precautions against |
| 干预 (干預) | gān yù | to meddle; to intervene |
| 准备 (準備) | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare |
| 设备 (設備) | shè bèi | equipment; facilities; installations |
See also: Japanese symbol for “preparatory”.
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.