預 (jyu6 | yu4) : beforehand; in advance

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預

jyu6

yu4

[1] [v] beforehand; in advance; previously [2] [v] prepare; arrange; make ready; reserve (funds, troops, etc.) [3] [v] take part in

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: (#181)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

預 / 预

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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預期 jyu6 kei4 yu4 qi1 (PRC), yu4 qi2 (Taiwan) = to expect; expected

預料 jyu6 liu6 yu4 liao4 = anticipate

預訂 jyu6 deng6 yu4 ding4 = to subscribe; to place an order; to book; booked

預定 jyu6 ding6 yu4 ding4 = to reserve; to make a reservation

預測 jyu6 cak1 yu4 ce4 = to forecast; to predict

預約 jyu6 joek3 yu4 yue1 = to reserve; reservation; to book; booking

預算 jyu6 syun3 yu4 suan4 = budget; forecast

預祝 jyu6 zuk1 yu4 zhu4 = to congratulate

預習 jyu6 zaap6 yu4 xi2 = to prepare a class or lesson

預備 jyu6 bei6 yu4 bei4 = to prepare
See all 44 compounds (CantoDict reports 50 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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天氣預告話聽日有驟雨。粵
The weather forecast says it will shower tomorrow.

當日天陰陰，落雨絲濕噉，一出門口我都經已有不祥嘅預感粵
That day the weather was overcast and about to rain. I had a very bad feeling as I stepped out my house.

年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。粵
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.

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Decimal representation of this word: 預
Unicode code for this character: U+9810 (off-site link)

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