防患於未然

Chinese

			in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	to be as yet unfulfilled
trad. (防患於未然)		防患	於	未然
simp. (防患于未然)		防患	于	未然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fánghuàn yú wèirán

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄩˊ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ waan⁶ jyu¹ mei⁶ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵ huang⁶ i¹ bhuê⁷ riang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánghuàn yú wèirán
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄩˊ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánghuàn yú wèirán
    • Wade–Giles: fang²-huan⁴ yü² wei⁴-jan²
    • Yale: fáng-hwàn yú wèi-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnghuann yu weyran
    • Palladius: фанхуань юй вэйжань (fanxuanʹ juj vɛjžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹ y³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong⁴ waan⁶ jyu¹ mei⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: fòhng waahn yū meih yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ waan⁶ jy¹ mei⁶ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ wan⁶ yu¹ méi⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ waːn²² jyː⁵⁵ mei̯²² jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang⁵ huang⁶ i¹ bhuê⁷ riang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng huăng i buē jiâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ i³³⁻²³ bue¹¹ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

防患於未然

1. to take preventative measures before a disaster occurs; to prevent trouble before it happens

Synonyms

• 防患未然 (fánghuànwèirán)