防患未然

Chinese

			to be as yet unfulfilled
trad. (防患未然)		防患	未然
simp. #(防患未然)		防患	未然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fánghuànwèirán

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ waan⁶ mei⁶ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-hoān-bī-liân / hông-hoān-bī-jiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánghuànwèirán
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánghuànwèirán
    • Wade–Giles: fang²-huan⁴-wei⁴-jan²
    • Yale: fáng-hwàn-wèi-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnghuannweyran
    • Palladius: фанхуаньвэйжань (fanxuanʹvɛjžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong⁴ waan⁶ mei⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: fòhng waahn meih yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ waan⁶ mei⁶ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ wan⁶ méi⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ waːn²² mei̯²² jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hoān-bī-liân
    • Tâi-lô: hông-huān-bī-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: honghoaxnbixlieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² huan²²⁻²¹ bi²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hoān-bī-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: hông-huān-bī-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: honghoaxnbixjieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ huan³³⁻²¹ bi³³⁻²¹ ziɛn²³/

Idiom

防患未然

1. to take preventative measures before a disaster occurs; to prevent trouble before it happens

Synonyms

• 防患於未然／防患于未然 (fánghuàn yú wèirán)