常備

See also: 常备

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip
trad. (常備)		常	備
simp. (常备)		常	备

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chángbèi

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ bei⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chángbèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chángbèi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang²-pei⁴
  - Yale: cháng-bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngbey
  - Palladius: чанбэй (čanbɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁴ bei⁶
  - Yale: sèuhng beih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ bei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ béi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ pei̯²²/

Adjective

常備

(attributive) ready at any time; in stock; always on the alert

Derived terms

常備兵 / 常备兵 (chángbèibīng)
常備藥 / 常备药
常備軍 / 常备军 (chángbèijūn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
常	備
じょう Grade: 5	び Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょーび [jóꜜòbì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːbʲi]

Noun

常(じょう)備(び) • (jōbi) ^{←じやうび (zyaubi)^?}

keeping something ready at all times

Verb

常(じょう)備(び)する • (jōbi suru) ^{←じやうび (zyaubi)^?}suru (stem 常(じょう)備(び)し (jōbi shi), past 常(じょう)備(び)した (jōbi shita))

to keep something ready at all times
ホイッスルを常備(じょうび)する
hoissuru o jōbi suru
to keep a whistle on one

Conjugation

Conjugation of "常備する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	常備し	じょうびし	jōbi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	常備し	じょうびし	jōbi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	常備する	じょうびする	jōbi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	常備する	じょうびする	jōbi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	常備すれ	じょうびすれ	jōbi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	常備せよ¹ 常備しろ²	じょうびせよ¹ じょうびしろ²	jōbi seyo¹ jōbi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	常備される	じょうびされる	jōbi sareru
Causative	常備させる常備さす	じょうびさせるじょうびさす	jōbi saseru jōbi sasu
Potential	常備できる	じょうびできる	jōbi dekiru
Volitional	常備しよう	じょうびしよう	jōbi shiyō
Negative	常備しない	じょうびしない	jōbi shinai
Negative continuative	常備せず	じょうびせず	jōbi sezu
Formal	常備します	じょうびします	jōbi shimasu
Perfective	常備した	じょうびした	jōbi shita
Conjunctive	常備して	じょうびして	jōbi shite
Hypothetical conditional	常備すれば	じょうびすれば	jōbi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“常備”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026