# 準備
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǔnbèi
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄣˇ ㄅㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon$^2$ bei$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chún-phi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zun$^3$ pi$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zung$^2$ bei$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cūng-bê
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chún-pī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zung$^2$ bi$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsen-be
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔnbèi → zhǔnbei (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄣˇ ㄅㄟˋ → ㄓㄨㄣˇ ˙ㄅㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔnbe̊i
*** Wade–Giles: chun$^3$-pei$^5$
*** Yale: jwǔn-bei
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joen.bey
*** Palladius: чжуньбэй (čžunʹbɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂu̯ən²¹⁴ b̥eɪ̯⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zeon$^2$ bei$^6$
*** Yale: jéun beih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen$^2$ bei$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zên$^2$ béi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵn³⁵ pei̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chún-phi
*** Hakka Romanization System: zun$^ˋ$ pi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zun$^3$ pi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sun³¹ pʰi⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zun$^3$ pi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sun³¹ pʰi⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zung$^2$ bei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suŋ⁵³ pei⁴⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cūng-bê
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(p-)}$mɛi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chún-pī
*** Tâi-lô: tsún-pī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zwnpi
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sun⁵³⁻²⁴ pi²²/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pi³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zung$^2$ bi$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsúng pĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ pi³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tsen-be
*** MiniDict: tsen$^去$ be
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tsen-be
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən³³ be⁴⁴/

### Verb

準備
* to prepare; to get ready
    準備出去／准备出去 ― zhǔnbèi chūqù ― to get ready to go out
    準備一頓飯／准备一顿饭 ― zhǔnbèi yī dùn fàn ― to prepare a meal
       Dōu zhǔnbèi hǎo le, jiù děng zhe nín de yǎnshuō ne. [Pinyin]
       We are all ready — just waiting for your speech.
       Liǎng tiān yào zhǔnbèi bā mén de kǎoshì, tā kǒngpà chībùxiāo. [Pinyin]
       She feared she wouldn't be able to handle preparing for eight exams in two days.
    From: 1067, Ouyang Xiu, 《歸田錄》
    Qìnglì bā nián zhēngyuè shíbā rì yè, Chóngzhèng Diàn sùwèishì zuòluàn yú diàn qián, shāshāng sì rén, qǔ zhǔnbèi jiùhuǒ chángtī dēng wū rù jìnzhōng, féng yī gōngrén, wèn: “Qǐngé zài héchù?” [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* to plan; to intend
    準備到北京打工／准备到北京打工 ― zhǔnbèi dào běijīng dǎgōng ― to intend to go to Beijing for work
       Tā zài dōngtiān shōují le xǔduō xuěshuǐ, zhǔnbèi xiàtiān yònglái jiàng shǔ. [Pinyin]
       She collected lots of snow water in winter so as to reduce the heat in summer.

#### Synonyms

* (to prepare):
* 候防 (Puxian Min)
* 備辦 / 备办 (bèibàn)
* 傳 / 传 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese)
* 張羅 / 张罗
* 籌備 / 筹备 (chóubèi)
* 醞釀 / 酝酿 (yùnniàng) (figurative)
* 預備 / 预备 (yùbèi)
* (to plan):
* 作計 / 作计 (zuòjì) (literary)
* 打算 (dǎsuàn)
* 拍算 (phah-sǹg) (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 拍達 / 拍达 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 按算 (Hokkien)
* 擬 / 拟 (nǐ)
* 派胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 營為 / 营为 (Hokkien)
* 盤算 / 盘算
* 策劃 / 策划 (cèhuà)
* 策動 / 策动 (cèdòng)
* 算 (suàn)
* 算打 (sáung-dā) (Eastern Min)
* 算計 / 算计 (suànjì)
* 籌劃 / 筹划 (chóuhuà)
* 考慮 / 考虑 (kǎolǜ)
* 規 / 规 (literary, or in compounds)
* 規劃 / 规划 (guīhuà)
* 計劃 / 计划 (jìhuà)
* 計算 / 计算 (jìsuàn)
* 設 / 设 (shè)
* 設施 / 设施 (shèshī) (literary)
* 試圖 / 试图 (shìtú)
* 謀劃 / 谋划 (móuhuà)

### Noun

準備
* preparation
    做好準備／做好准备 ― zuòhǎo zhǔnbèi ― to get ready
    做好心裡準備／做好心里准备 ― zuòhǎo xīnlǐ zhǔnbèi ― to prepare oneself mentally

### Derived terms

* 準備金 / 准备金 (zhǔnbèijīn)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 準(じゅん)備(び) (junbi)
* → Korean: 준비(準備) (junbi)
* → Vietnamese: chuẩn bị (準備)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 準 | 備 |
| じゅん Grade: 5 | び Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じゅんび [júꜜǹbì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [d͡ʑɨ̃mbʲi]

### Noun

準(じゅん)備(び) • (junbi)
* preparations
    十(じゅう)分(ぶん)な準(じゅん)備(び)が必(ひつ)要(よう)だ。
       Jūbun na junbi ga hitsuyō da.
       We need to be fully prepared.

### Verb

準(じゅん)備(び)する • (junbi suru) suru (stem 準(じゅん)備(び)し (junbi shi), past 準(じゅん)備(び)した (junbi shita))
* prepare

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 準備し | じゅんびし | junbi shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 準備し | じゅんびし | junbi shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 準備する | じゅんびする | junbi suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 準備する | じゅんびする | junbi suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 準備すれ | じゅんびすれ | junbi sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 準備せよ¹ 準備しろ² | じゅんびせよ¹ じゅんびしろ² | junbi seyo¹ junbi shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 準備される | じゅんびされる | junbi sareru |
| Causative | 準備させる 準備さす | じゅんびさせる じゅんびさす | junbi saseru junbi sasu |
| Potential | 準備できる | じゅんびできる | junbi dekiru |
| Volitional | 準備しよう | じゅんびしよう | junbi shiyō |
| Negative | 準備しない | じゅんびしない | junbi shinai |
| Negative continuative | 準備せず | じゅんびせず | junbi sezu |
| Formal | 準備します | じゅんびします | junbi shimasu |
| Perfective | 準備した | じゅんびした | junbi shita |
| Conjunctive | 準備して | じゅんびして | junbi shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 準備すれば | じゅんびすれば | junbi sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 準 | 備 |

### Noun

準備 • (junbi) (hangeul 준비)
* hanja form of 준비 (“preparation”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 準 | 備 |

### Noun

準備
* chữ Hán form of chuẩn bị (“to prepare”).