Take your coat in case it rains.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
以防
(so as) to avoid
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(so as) to avoid
02
to prevent
03
(just) in case
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 以防 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 以防 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
You had better take an umbrella with you in case it rains.
We should always wear a seatbelt in case we have an accident.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 以防.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 以防.
Directly before
- 为了以防1
- 安全带以防1
- 外套以防1
Directly after
- 以防下雨2
- 以防迷路1
- 以防出1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 以防
What does 以防 mean in Chinese?
以防 (yǐfáng) means (so as) to avoid.
How do you pronounce 以防?
以防 is pronounced yǐfáng.
Is 以防 an HSK word?
以防 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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