准备 (zhǔnbèi) means Prepare (get ready - plan). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
From the graded readers
我们 准备 了很多吃的东西。
wǒmen zhǔnbèi le / liǎo / liào hěnduō chī de / dì dōngxī.
We got a lot of food ready.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
为了这次面试，我 准备 了整整一个星期。
wèile zhècì miàn shì, wǒ zhǔnbèi le / liǎo / liào zhěngzhěng yīgè xīngqī.
I'd prepared for a full week for it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
我 准备 了两个星期的稿子，第一句话就说反了。
wǒ zhǔnbèi le / liǎo / liào liǎng gè xīngqī de / dì gǎozi, dìyī jù huà jiù shuō fǎn le / liǎo / liào.
I'd prepared the script for two weeks, and I got the very first sentence backwards.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
Questions about 准备
How is 准备 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 准备 (zhǔnbèi, "Prepare (get ready - plan)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 准备 an HSK word?
Yes — 准备 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 准备?
The dictionary page for 准备 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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