No. 370 in Chinese
准备
"准备" means "to prepare" or "preparation."
In a sentence
我正在准备晚饭。
I am preparing dinner.
In this sentence, '准备' is used as a verb meaning 'to prepare' or 'to get ready', referring to the act of making dinner.
他准备好了一切迎接客人。
He prepared everything to welcome the guests.
Here, '准备好' intensifies the verb '准备' to indicate that the preparation has been completed successfully.
我们正在做准备去旅行。
We are getting ready to travel.
In this example, '做准备' combines with another verb '做' to form a compound verb meaning 'to make preparations'.
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