備: to prepare; to provide

備 [备] bèi

verb
: to prepare; get ready
: to provide or equip

Kun Reading

備え | そなえ sonae

noun
: preparation; provision; guarding

備える | そなえる sonaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to furnish; to provide for; to equip; to install
: to have ready; to prepare for
: to possess; to have; to be endowed with; to be armed with

備わる | そなわる sonawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be furnished with; to be endowed with: to be among; to be one of; to be possessed of

備に | つぶさに tsubusani

adverb
: in detail; with great care; completely; again and again

備[备]份 bei4fen4: backup

備[备]用 bei4yong4: reserve; spare; alternate; backup

備[备]忘 bei4wang4: quote [備忘 | びぼう bibou: reminder] 備忘錄 [备忘录] bei4wang4 lu4: memorandum; aide-memoire; memorandum book
[備忘録 | びぼうろく bibouroku: notebook; memorandum]

備[备]案 bei4’an4: to put on record; to file

準備 [准备] zhun3bei4: preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
[準備 | じゅんび junbi: preparation; setup; arrangements; provision; reserve]

準備金 [准备金] zhun3bei4 jin1: reserve fund
[準備金 | じゅんびきん junbi kin: reserve fund]  
準備体操 | じゅんびたいそう junbi taisou: warm-up exercises

設備 [设备] she4bei4: equipment; facilities; installations
[設備 | せつび setsubi: equipment; device; facilities; installation]

具備[备] ju4bei4: to possess; to have; equipped with; able to fulfill (conditions or requirements)
[具備 | ぐび gubi: endowment; possession; qualification; equipment]

預備 [预备] yu4bei4: to get ready, to plan; preparation

裝備[备] zhuang1bei4: equipment; to equip; to outfit

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
準備不足 | じゅんびぶそく junbi busoku
: ill-preparedness; insufficient preparation; lack of preparation

準備万端 | じゅんびばんたん junbi bantan
: (yoji) every preparation (arrangement); all sorts of preparations

文武兼備 | ぶんぶけんび bunbu kenbi
: (yoji) well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen

知勇兼備 | ちゆうけんび chiyuu kenbi
: (yoji) having both wisdom and courage

に備えて | にそなえて nisonaete
: in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

員に備わるのみ | いんにそなわるのみ in ni sonawaru no mi
: being a member of staff but useless as a worker

備えあれば憂いなし | そなえあればうれいなし sonae areba ureinashi
: well prepared means no worries (in time of need)

備え有れば憂え無し | そなえあればうれえなし sonae areba ureenashi
: Providing is preventing

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
有備無患 [有备无患] you3 bei4 wu2 huan4
: Preparedness averts peril. To be prepared, just in case

有備而來 [有备而来] you3 bei4 er2 lai2
: to come prepared

德才兼備 [德才兼备] de2 cai2 jian1 bei4
: having both integrity and talent

求全責備 [求全责备] qiu2 quan2 ze2 bei4
: to demand perfection

關懷備至 [关怀备至] guan1 huai2 bei4 zhi4
: the utmost care; to look after sb in every possible way

出其不意攻其不備 [出其不意攻其不备] chu1 qi2 bu4 yi4 gong1 qi2 bu4 bei4
: catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (from Sunzi’s “The Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法 Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3)

萬事俱備，只欠東風 [万事俱备，只欠东风] wan4 shi4 ju4 bei4 , zhi3 qian4 dong1 feng1
: lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind; fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item