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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
预防性
prophylactic
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
prophylactic
02
preventative
03
protective
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 预防性 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 预防性 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 预防性.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 预防性.
Directly before
- 可以预防性1
- 如何预防性1
Directly after
- 预防性传播2
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 预防性
What does 预防性 mean in Chinese?
预防性 (yùfángxìng) means prophylactic.
How do you pronounce 预防性?
预防性 is pronounced yùfángxìng.
Is 预防性 an HSK word?
预防性 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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