(zhǔn) - accurate; to allow; to prepare (bound) in Mandarin
zhǔnTraditional: 准
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Translation
accurate; to allow; to prepare (bound)
Word origin
A simplified form of 準, a phono-semantic character originally built on the water radical (a level water surface, hence accurate or standard); the modern 准 keeps 冫over 隹 (zhuī) as the sound element.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 冫 (ice radical) + 隹 (zhuī, phonetic)
Stroke order
准
Examples
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Are you ready?
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I am preparing dinner.
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Please prepare the materials in advance.
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His answer is spot on.
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This watch keeps very accurate time.
准 (zhǔn) means accurate or to allow; in everyday speech it mostly turns up in 准备 (zhǔnbèi), to prepare.
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 准.
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