提防

Chinese edit

		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 edit

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

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: tiˇ fongˇ
  - 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 edit

提防

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 edit

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)