防 止

fángzhǐ

“To prevent” in Chinese is 防止 (fángzhǐ).

Meaning

to prevent
to guard against
to take precautions

Example

这以后一定要防止着冷，饭不要吃得过了头。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

fángHSK 36 strokesto protect zhǐHSK 34 strokesto stop

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Not to be confused with: 放置 (fàngzhì, to put) · 防治 (fángzhì, to prevent and cure) · 仿制 (fǎngzhì, to copy) · 纺织 (fǎngzhī, spinning and weaving)