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报警

bào jǐng

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 報警

报警 (bào jǐng) means "to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 报警 means

1. to sound an alarm
2. to report sth to the police

The characters in 报警

• 报bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
• 警jǐngto alert; to warn; police

Example sentences

• 报警！
  Call the police!
• 我们该报警。
  We should call the police.
• 我要报警了！
  I'm gonna call the police!
• 想报警的是谁？
  Xiǎng bàojǐng de shì shéi?
  Whose idea was it to call the police?
• 他劝她去报警。
  She was advised by him to go to the police.
• 萨米进去报警。
  Sami went inside and called the cops.

Words starting with 报警

• 报警器bào jǐng qìalarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm); warning device

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