以防

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
trad. (以防)		以	防
simp. #(以防)		以	防

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ fong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): í-hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐfáng
    • Wade–Giles: i³-fang²
    • Yale: yǐ-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiifarng
    • Palladius: ифан (ifan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ fong⁴
    • Yale: yíh fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ fɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-hông
    • Tâi-lô: í-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: y'hoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²³/

Adverb

以防

1. just in case, (so as) to avoid

See also

• 以防萬一／以防万一 (yǐfángwànyī)