提防

提防

Chinese

		to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
simp. and trad. (提防)		提	防

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīfang, tífáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ˙ㄈㄤ, ㄊㄧˊ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ fong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thì-fòng
• Min Nan (POJ): thê-hông / ti-hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: dīfang
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ˙ㄈㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: di.fang
    • IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ fɑŋ²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)
    • Pinyin: tífáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyifarng
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ fong⁴
    • Yale: tàih fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ fong⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ fɔːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thì-fòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tiˇ fongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti² fong²
    • IPA: /tʰi¹¹ foŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-hông
    • Tâi-lô: thê-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: te'hoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti-hông
    • Tâi-lô: ti-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di'hoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/

Verb

提防

1. to take precautions against; to watch out for

   我跟你說，你可提防著點兒這個人！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   我跟你说，你可提防着点儿这个人！ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Wǒ gēn nǐ shuō, nǐ kě dīfáng zhe diǎnr zhèi ge rén! [Pinyin]

   I tell you, you gotta watch out for this person!