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预告 (yù gào) — (verb) to forecast, to predict, to announce in advance; (noun) advance notice, preview, trailer

Definition

预告 is a public announcement made before something happens (a movie trailer, a product preview). Unlike 预报 (weather/forecast) or 预测 (to predict/estimate), 预告 is a one-way announcement to an audience, not a judgment about the future.

verb
to forecastto predictto announce in advance
noun
advance noticepreviewtrailer
Easily confused

Examples

  • 预告。
    Xué xiào yù gào xià zhōu jiāng jǔ xíng yùn dòng huì.
    The school announced that a sports meet will be held next week.
  • 预告？
    Nǐ kàn le xīn diàn yǐng de yù gào ma?
    Have you seen the trailer for the new movie?
  • 预告。
    Gōng sī fā bù le xīn chǎn pǐn de yù gào.
    The company released a preview of the new product.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

预yùbeforehand
告gàotell

预 means beforehand and 告 means tell, so the word means to announce something in advance.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 預; 预 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yè
Sound part声符shēngfú
予
予yǔ預yù
Same sound today

The traditional form 預 combines 予 for the sound and 頁 for the meaning; the simplified 预 is a later shorthand.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The origin is unclear: one theory sees 告 as 壴 (a decorated drum) above 口 (an open mouth), while another sees a tongue sticking out of 口.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Communication & Speech

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