戒
备

To take precautions in Chinese: 戒备 (jiè bèi)

jiè bèi

to take precautions

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 戒備1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to take precautions
  2. 2to guard against (emergency)

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戒
备

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ㄐㄧㄝˋ

jiè

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

ㄅㄟˋ

bèi

ㄅ/ bㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

戒备

Simplified

戒備

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 门口的士兵一直保持着戒备。

    mén kǒu dī shì bīng yì zhí bǎo chí zhe jiè bèi。

    The soldiers at the gate stayed on guard the whole time.

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Related words

戒

jiè

to guard against

准备

zhǔn bèi

preparation

戒烟

jiè yān

to give up smoking

戒指

jiè zhi

(finger) ring

具备

jù bèi

to possess

设备

shè bèi

equipment

责备

zé bèi

to blame

配备

pèi bèi

to allocate

预备

yù bèi

to prepare

装备

zhuāng bèi

equipment

备课

bèi kè

(of a teacher) to prepare lessons

备受

bèi shòu

to fully experience (good or bad)

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