預備

See also: 豫備 and 予備

Chinese

	to advance; in advance; beforehand to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare	to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip
trad. (預備)	預	備
simp. (预备)	预	备
variant forms	豫備／豫备

Etymology

Taiwanese Min Nan pronunciations of ió-bih, iú-bih are from Japanese 預 (よ)備 (び) (yobi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùbèi
(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ bei⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi-phi
Min Nan (POJ): ū-pī / īr-pī / ī-pī / ió-bih / iú-bih

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yùbèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄅㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiwbey
  - IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁶ bei⁶
  - Yale: yuh beih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ bei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ béi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː²² pei̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-phi
  - Hakka Romanization System: i pi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ pi⁴
  - IPA: /i⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-phi
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i pi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ pi⁴
  - IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-pī
  - Tâi-lô: ū-pī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uxpi
  - IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ pi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ pi²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: īr-pī
  - Tâi-lô: īr-pī
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ⁴¹⁻²² pi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī-pī
  - Tâi-lô: ī-pī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ixpi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i³³⁻²¹ pi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²²⁻²¹ pi²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ió-bih
  - Tâi-lô: ió-bih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioy'biq
  - IPA (Taipei): /io⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-bih
  - Tâi-lô: iú-bih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iw'biq
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biʔ³²/

Verb

預備

to prepare; to get ready; to make ready
各就各位，預備，跑！ / 各就各位，预备，跑！ ― Gèjiùgèwèi, yùbèi, pǎo! ― On your marks, get set, go!
(literary) to guard against; to take precautions against

Derived terms

預備役／预备役
預備金／预备金

預備隊／预备队 (yùbèiduì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
預	備
よ Grade: 5	び Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

預備 (hiragana よび, rōmaji yobi)

Kyūjitai form of 予備