防止

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	to stop; prohibit; till
simp. and trad. (防止)		防	止

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fángzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ zi²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fòng-chṳ́
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hông-chí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fángzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fángjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: fang²-chih³
    • Yale: fáng-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngjyy
    • Palladius: фанчжи (fančži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fong⁴ zi²
    • Yale: fòhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 房子 防止

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: fongˇ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong² zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-chí
    • Tâi-lô: hông-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongcie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang⁵ zi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng tsí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵²/

Verb

防止

1. (transitive) to prevent

   防止污染  ―  fángzhǐ wūrǎn  ―  to prevent pollution

   防止意外  ―  fángzhǐ yìwài  ―  to prevent accidents

Synonyms

• 免除 (miǎnchú)
• 嚴防／严防 (yánfáng)
• 戒備／戒备 (jièbèi)
• 提防
• 謹防／谨防 (jǐnfáng)
• 避 (bì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 避免 (bìmiǎn)
• 防 (fáng)
• 防備／防备 (fángbèi)
• 防範／防范 (fángfàn)
• 阻止 (zǔzhǐ)
• 預備／预备 (yùbèi) (literary)
• 預防／预防 (yùfáng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
防	止
ぼう Grade: 5	し Grade: 2
goon	on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼーし [bòóshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ːɕi]

Noun

防(ぼう)止(し) • (bōshi) ^{←ばうし (bausi)?}

1. prevention

   Synonym: 抑止 (yokushi)

Verb

防(ぼう)止(し)する • (bōshi suru) ^{←ばうし (bausi)?}transitive suru (stem 防(ぼう)止(し)し (bōshi shi), past 防(ぼう)止(し)した (bōshi shita))

1. to prevent

   Synonym: 防ぐ (fusegu)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "防止する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	防止し	ぼうしし	bōshi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	防止し	ぼうしし	bōshi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	防止する	ぼうしする	bōshi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	防止する	ぼうしする	bōshi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	防止すれ	ぼうしすれ	bōshi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	防止せよ¹ 防止しろ²	ぼうしせよ¹ ぼうししろ²	bōshi seyo¹ bōshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	防止される	ぼうしされる	bōshi sareru
Causative	防止させる 防止さす	ぼうしさせる ぼうしさす	bōshi saseru bōshi sasu
Potential	防止できる	ぼうしできる	bōshi dekiru
Volitional	防止しよう	ぼうししよう	bōshi shiyō
Negative	防止しない	ぼうししない	bōshi shinai
Negative continuative	防止せず	ぼうしせず	bōshi sezu
Formal	防止します	ぼうしします	bōshi shimasu
Perfective	防止した	ぼうしした	bōshi shita
Conjunctive	防止して	ぼうしして	bōshi shite
Hypothetical conditional	防止すれば	ぼうしすれば	bōshi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
防	止

Noun

防止 • (bangji) (hangeul 방지)

1. Hanja form^? of 방지 (“prevention”).