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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yù | yu4
English translation
to advance
in advance
beforehand
to prepare
to prepare, to arrange; in advance

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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page

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

予页

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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预报 yùbào shuì qíng jiān 阵雨 zhèn yǔ .

The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers.

气象 qìxiàng 预报 yùbào shuì 早上 zǎoshang tiān qíng Hòu zhuǎn Yīn .

The weatherforecast said fair in the morning, later cloudy.

shuí 无法 wú fǎ 预见 yù jiàn dào 将来 jiānglái huì 发生 fāshēng 什么 shénme shì .

No one can foresee what will happen in the future.

shuí Néng 预测 yù cè chū 婴儿 yīngér yāo zuò 什么 shénme ?

Who can forecast what a baby will do next?

那些 nà xiē yún Xiàng 我们 wǒmen 预示 yù shì 暴风雨 bào fēng yǔ 就要 jiù yào lái le .

The clouds warned us that a storm was coming up.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
预计 yù jì to forecast預計
预测 yù cè to forecast預測
预期 yùqī to expect預期
预算 yùsuàn budget預算
预防 yùfáng to prevent預防
预约 yù yuē booking預約
预言 yùyán to predict預言
to advance
预定 yù dìng to schedule in advance預定
预料 yùliào to forecast預料
预备 yù bèi to prepare預備
预感 yù gǎn premonition預感
预订 yùdìng to place an order預訂
预见 yù jiàn to foresee預見
干预 gānyù to meddle干預
预告 yù gào to forecast預告
预报 yùbào forecast預報
预警 yù jǐng warning預警
预先 yùxiān beforehand預先
预谋 yù móu premeditated預謀
预想 yù xiǎng to anticipate預想
预示 yù shì to indicate預示
预售 yù shòu advance sale預售
预兆 yùzhào omen預兆
预后 yù hòu prognosis預後

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Decomposition

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