防 (fong4 | fang2) : defend; prevent

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防

fong4

fang2

[1] defend [2] prevent [3] embankment

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: (#170)

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

防

This word has been viewed 12499 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Jul 2009 14:07

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防守 fong4 sau2 fang2 shou3 = defend

消防處 siu1 fong4 cyu3 xiao1 fang2 chu4 = Fire Services Department

消防車 siu1 fong4 ce1 xiao1 fang2 che1 = fire engine; fire truck

防止 fong4 zi2 fang2 zhi3 = to prevent

提防 tai4 fong4 di1 fang2 = guard against; beware of

堤防 tai4 fong4 = embankment

民防 man4 fong4 = civil defence

邊防 bin1 fong4 bian1 fang2 = border defence

預防 jyu6 fong4 yu4 fang2 = to prevent

消防 siu1 fong4 xiao1 fang2 = to fight fire; fire-fighting
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唔好買呢啲有防腐劑嘅食物！粵
Don't buy food with preservatives!
[Lit. Don't buy these have preservatives (of) food]

消防員救出被困電梯內嘅三人。粵
Fire fighters rescued three people trapped inside a lift.

佢呢招真係令人猝不及防！
I was caught off-guard by this sudden move of his.

與其補救於已然，不如防患於未然。
Prevention is better than cure.

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Decimal representation of this word: 防
Unicode code for this character: U+9632 (off-site link)

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