Measure word
- 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc attested in use
Stroke order
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
准
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Clerical script 東漢
备
These are the forms of 備, the traditional character: 备 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 17 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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他告诉我不论发生什么，他都准备好了。
He told me that whatever might happen, he was prepared for it.
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他因为准备太少考试不及格了。
He failed in the examination for lack of preparation.
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他忙着准备入学考试。
He is busy preparing for the entrance examination.
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你不准备去，是吗？
You don't intend going there, do you?
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你们准备参加会议吗？
Are you planning to take part in the meeting?
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你们准备好了吗？
Are you ready?
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你们准备如何达到你们制定的目标？
How do you plan to achieve the goals you set?
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你们都准备好了吗？
Are you all ready?