防災

See also: 防灾

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	disaster; calamity
trad. (防災)		防	災
simp. (防灾)		防	灾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fángzāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄗㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ zoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-chai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fángzāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄗㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fángzai
    • Wade–Giles: fang²-tsai¹
    • Yale: fáng-dzāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngtzai
    • Palladius: фанцзай (fanczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong⁴ zoi¹
    • Yale: fòhng jōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ dzoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ zoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-chai
    • Tâi-lô: hông-tsai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongzay
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sai⁴⁴/

Verb

防災

1. to take precautions against natural disasters

Japanese

Kanji in this term
防	災
ぼう Grade: 5	さい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bo̞ːsa̠i]
• (Tokyo) ぼーさい [bòósáí] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

防(ぼう)災(さい) • (bōsai) 

1. disaster prevention, making preparations to avoid suffering in case of natural disasters
   • 2015 September 14, Kaori Shoji, “When disaster strikes in Japan, keep calm and carry a diaper”, in The Japan Times‎^[1] (in English), retrieved 11 April 2023:

     You’ve probably noticed that September is the month of bōsai (防災, disaster prevention).

References

• “防災”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026