準備

See also: 准备

Chinese

accurate; standard to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip
trad. (準備) 準 備
simp. (准备) 准 备

Pronunciation

Verb

準備

  1. to prepare; to get ready
    準備出去／准备出去  ―  zhǔnbèi chūqù  ―  to get ready to go out
    準備一頓飯／准备一顿饭  ―  zhǔnbèi yī dùn fàn  ―  to prepare a meal
    都準備好了，就等著您的演說呢。 [MSC, trad.]
    都准备好了，就等着您的演说呢。 [MSC, simp.]
    Dōu zhǔnbèi hǎo le, jiù děng zhe nín de yǎnshuō ne. [Pinyin]
    We are all ready — just waiting for your speech.
    兩天要準備八門的考試，她恐怕吃不消。 [MSC, trad.]
    两天要准备八门的考试，她恐怕吃不消。 [MSC, simp.]
    Liǎng tiān yào zhǔnbèi bā mén de kǎoshì, tā kǒngpà chībùxiāo. [Pinyin]
    She feared she wouldn't be able to handle preparing for eight exams in two days.
  2. to plan; to intend
    準備到北京打工／准备到北京打工  ―  zhǔnbèi dào běijīng dǎgōng  ―  to intend to go to Beijing for work
    她在冬天收集了許多雪水，準備夏天用來降暑。 [MSC, trad.]
    她在冬天收集了许多雪水，准备夏天用来降暑。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zài dōngtiān shōují le xǔduō xuěshuǐ, zhǔnbèi xiàtiān yònglái jiàng shǔ. [Pinyin]
    She collected lots of snow water in winter so as to reduce the heat in summer.

Synonyms

  • (to prepare):
  • (to plan):

Noun

準備

  1. preparation
    做好準備／做好准备  ―  zuòhǎo zhǔnbèi  ―  to get ready
    做好心裡準備／做好心里准备  ―  zuòhǎo xīnlǐ zhǔnbèi  ―  to prepare oneself mentally

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (準備):
  • → Japanese: 準(じゅん)備(び) (junbi)
  • → Korean: 준비(準備) (junbi)
  • → Vietnamese: chuẩn bị (準備)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
準 備
じゅん
Grade: 5 		び
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 準備 (MC tsywinX|tsywet bijH). Attested from the early 1800s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

準(じゅん)備(び) • (junbi) 

  1. [from 1807] preparation
    Synonym: 用意 (yōi)
    十(じゅう)分(ぶん)な準(じゅん)備(び)が必(ひつ)要(よう)だ。
    Jūbun na junbi ga hitsuyō da.
    Sufficient preparation is necessary. → We need to be fully prepared.

Verb

準(じゅん)備(び)する • (junbi suru) transitive suru (stem 準(じゅん)備(び)し (junbi shi), past 準(じゅん)備(び)した (junbi shita))

  1. [from 1807] to prepare
    Synonym: 用意 (yōi)
    書(しょ)類(るい)を準(じゅん)備(び)しましたか。
    Shorui o junbi shimashita ka.
    Did you prepare the documents?

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ “準備”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
準備

Noun

準備 • (junbi) (hangeul 준비)

  1. hanja form? of 준비 (“preparation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
準備

Verb

準備

  1. chữ Hán form of chuẩn bị (“to prepare”)
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