防止 (fáng zhǐ) means “to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
我们要防止事故发生。
Wǒmen yào fángzhǐ shìgù fāshēng.
We must prevent accidents from happening.
Updated: 2026-05-27