提防

Chinese

		to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
simp. and trad. (提防)		提	防

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīfang, tífáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ˙ㄈㄤ, ㄊㄧˊ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ fong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thì-fòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thê-hông / ti-hông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ti⁵ huang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīfang
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ˙ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: difång
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-fang⁵
    • Yale: dī-fang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: di.fang
    • Palladius: дифан (difan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ fɑŋ²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tífáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tífáng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-fang²
    • Yale: tí-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyifarng
    • Palladius: тифан (tifan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ fong⁴
    • Yale: tàih fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ fɔːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 堤防 提防

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thì-fòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti^ˇ fong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti² fong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi¹¹ foŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-hông
    • Tâi-lô: thê-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: te'hoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti-hông
    • Tâi-lô: ti-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di'hoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ti⁵ huang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thî huâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

提防

1. to take precautions against; to watch out for

   我跟你說，你可提防著點兒這個人！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   我跟你说，你可提防着点儿这个人！ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Wǒ gēn nǐ shuō, nǐ kě dīfang zhe diǎnr zhèi ge rén! [Pinyin]

   I tell you, you gotta watch out for this person!

Synonyms

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• 免除 (miǎnchú)
• 嚴防／严防 (yánfáng)
• 戒備／戒备 (jièbèi)
• 謹防／谨防 (jǐnfáng)
• 避 (bì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 避免 (bìmiǎn)
• 防 (fáng)
• 防備／防备 (fángbèi)
• 防止 (fángzhǐ)
• 防範／防范 (fángfàn)
• 阻止 (zǔzhǐ)
• 預備／预备 (yùbèi) (literary)
• 預防／预防 (yùfáng)