謹防

Chinese

		cautious	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
trad. (謹防)		謹	防
simp. (谨防)		谨	防

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐnfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan² fong⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): geng² huang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐnfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐnfáng
    • Wade–Giles: chin³-fang²
    • Yale: jǐn-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiinfarng
    • Palladius: цзиньфан (czinʹfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan² fong⁴
    • Yale: gán fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan² fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen² fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn³⁵ fɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: geng² huang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ́ng huâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ huaŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

謹防

1. to guard against; to beware of

   • 他們要用重兵去保護交通線，時時謹防襲擊；另外，還要有一大部力量駐紮滿洲和日本內地。 [MSC, trad.]
     他们要用重兵去保护交通线，时时谨防袭击；另外，还要有一大部力量驻扎满洲和日本内地。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Tāmen yào yòng zhòngbīng qù bǎohù jiāotōngxiàn, shíshí jǐnfáng xíjī; lìngwài, hái yào yǒu yī dà bù lìliàng zhùzhā Mǎnzhōu hé Rìběn nèidì. [Pinyin]

     They must use large numbers of troops to protect their lines of communications and constantly guard against attacks and they need large forces to garrison Manchuria and Japan as well.

Synonyms

• 免除 (miǎnchú)
• 嚴防／严防 (yánfáng)
• 戒備／戒备 (jièbèi)
• 提防
• 避 (bì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 避免 (bìmiǎn)
• 防 (fáng)
• 防備／防备 (fángbèi)
• 防止 (fángzhǐ)
• 防範／防范 (fángfàn)
• 阻止 (zǔzhǐ)
• 預備／预备 (yùbèi) (literary)
• 預防／预防 (yùfáng)