Prepare in Chinese
to prepare · HSK 2
准备
- 准 accurate
- 备 to prepare
我在准备明天的考试。 I'm preparing for tomorrow's exam.
Other ways to say prepare
More words with 准 or 备
How do you say prepare in Chinese?
Prepare in Chinese is 准备 (zhǔn bèi). You can also say 筹备 (chóu bèi).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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