警 jǐng
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 言 — words, speech
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
警报
jǐngbào
alarm; alert; warning
Characters in this word
报 bào
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 气象部门提前发布警报，使沿海居民有时间完成转移。 Qìxiàng bùmén tíqián fābù jǐngbào, shǐ yánhǎi jūmín yǒu shíjiān wánchéng zhuǎnyí. The meteorological department issued an alert in advance, giving coastal residents time to evacuate.
- 火警警报一响，大家马上跑到楼下。 Huǒjǐng jǐngbào yì xiǎng, dàjiā mǎshàng pǎo dào lóu xià. As soon as the fire alarm sounded, everyone ran downstairs right away.
- 手机突然发出地震警报，我吓了一跳。 Shǒujī tūrán fāchū dìzhèn jǐngbào, wǒ xià le yí tiào. My phone suddenly sent out an earthquake alert, and I jumped.
Related words
- 交警 jiāojǐng traffic police officer
- 警察 jǐngchá police officer
- 报警 bàojǐng to call the police
- 警告 jǐnggào to warn; warning
- 警戒 jǐngjiè to guard against; to be on alert
- 警犬 jǐngquǎn police dog
- 警示 jǐngshì to warn; to caution
- 警惕 jǐngtì to be vigilant; to guard against
- 警钟 jǐngzhōng alarm bell; warning signal
- 预警 yùjǐng to give warning; early warning
- 报名 bàomíng to sign up
- 报纸 bàozhǐ newspaper