预 yù in advance
How to remember 预: 予 bestow + 页 page = in advance. The teacher promises to bestow a gold star on anyone who reads the next page of the novel in advance.
Component breakdown
预 = 予 bestow + 页 page
- 予 bestow
- 页 page
The teacher promises to bestow a gold star on anyone who reads the next page of the novel in advance.
How it is used
- 'In advance, beforehand' - a prefix-like morpheme. 预习 (yùxí) preview a lesson, 预订 (yùdìng) book/reserve, 预报 (yùbào) forecast.
- 预测 (yùcè) = to predict/forecast; 预防 (yùfáng) = to prevent (illness, disaster) ahead of time.
- 天气预报 (tiānqì yùbào) = weather forecast - a very common collocation.
Words with 预
- 预习yùxí(of students) prepare a lesson before classHSK 4
- 预报yùbàoforecastHSK 5
- 预测yùcèto forecastHSK 5
- 预约yùyuēbookingHSK 5
- 预计yùjìto forecastHSK 5
- 预订yùdìngto place an orderHSK 5
- 预防yùfángto preventHSK 5
- 预定yùdìngto schedule in advanceHSK 6
- 预料yùliàoto forecastHSK 6
- 预期yùqīto expectHSK 6
- 干预gānyùto meddleHSK 7
- 预先yùxiānbeforehandHSK 7
- 预告yùgàoto forecastHSK 7
- 预售yùshòuto sell in advanceHSK 7
- 预备yùbèito prepareHSK 7
- 预感yùgǎnto have a premonitionHSK 7
- 预示yùshìto indicateHSK 7
- 预算yùsuànbudgetHSK 7
- 预见yùjiànto foreseeHSK 7
- 预言yùyánto predictHSK 7
- 预警yùjǐngwarningHSK 7
- 预赛yùsàipreliminary competitionHSK 7
- 预兆yùzhàoomenHSK 9