准备
zhǔn bèi
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 準備
To prepare or get ready for something. Before another verb it also means 'to plan to' or 'to be about to', as in 我准备去, 'I'm planning to go'.
Sắp xếp, lo liệu trước để sẵn sàng cho một việc. Đứng trước động từ khác còn có nghĩa “định” hoặc “sắp” làm gì.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): etymology of “chuẩn bị” = 準備 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “chuẩn bị” (chuan-bi). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “准备” mean?
To prepare or get ready for something. Before another verb it also means 'to plan to' or 'to be about to', as in 我准备去, 'I'm planning to go'. Literally: plan ahead and make ready
Is “准备” formal or informal?
准备 is generally neutral.