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警

jǐng

HSK 4 Character

What 警 means

1. to alert
2. to warn
3. police

Example sentences

• 报警！
  Call the police!
• 警察！
  Police!
• 叫警察！
  Call the police!
• 叫警察。
  Please call the police.
• 是警察！
  It's the cops!
• 警告他。
  Warn him.

Words starting with 警

• 警察jǐng chápolice; police officer
• 警告jǐng gàoto warn; to admonish
• 警惕jǐng tìto be on the alert; vigilant; alert
• 警方jǐng fāngpolice
• 警车jǐng chēpolice car
• 警官jǐng guānconstable; police officer
• 警卫jǐng wèito stand guard over; (security) guard
• 警报jǐng bào(fire) alarm; alert signal; alarm
• 警察局jǐng chá júpolice station; police department; police headquarters
• 警觉jǐng juéto be on guard; alert; vigilance; alertness
• 警戒jǐng jièto warn; to alert; to be on the alert
• 警示jǐng shìto warn; to alert; warning
• 警力jǐng lìpolice force; police officers
• 警员jǐng yuánpolice officer; policeman (general term for any police officer)…
• 警服jǐng fúpolice uniform
• 警钟jǐng zhōngalarm bell
• 警醒jǐng xǐngto be alert
• 警棍jǐng gùnpolice truncheon
• 警戒线jǐng jiè xiànpolice cordon; alert level
• 警备jǐng bèiguard; garrison
• 警犬jǐng quǎnpolice dog
• 警惕性jǐng tì xìngvigilance; alertness
• 警句jǐng jùaphorism
• 警笛jǐng dísiren

Words containing 警

• 民警mín jǐngcivil police; PRC police; abbr. for 人民警察
• 报警bào jǐngto sound an alarm; to report sth to the police
• 交警jiāo jǐngtraffic police (abbr. for 交通警察
• 刑警xíng jǐngcriminal police (abbr. for 刑事警察
• 武警wǔ jǐngarmed police
• 干警gàn jǐngpolice; police cadres
• 预警yù jǐngwarning; early warning
• 巡警xún jǐngpolice patrol; patrol officer; (old) police officer
• 军警jūn jǐngthe military and the police; military alert (announcing the approach of the enemy)
• 机警jī jǐngperceptive; astute; sharp
• 女警nǚ jǐngpolicewoman
• 狱警yù jǐngprison officer
• 特警tè jǐngSWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics); riot police; abbr. for 特种警察
• 人民警察rén mín jǐng chácivil police; PRC police
• 法警fǎ jǐngbailiff
• 乘警chéng jǐngpolice on trains; train marshal
• 片警piàn jǐngcommunity police officer; police officer responsible for a particular neighborhood or…
• 火警huǒ jǐngfire alarm
• 报警器bào jǐng qìalarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm); warning device
• 接警jiē jǐng(of police, fire brigade etc) to receive a report of an incident
• 出警chū jǐngto dispatch police to the scene of crime, accident etc
• 协警xié jǐngauxiliary police
• 员警yuán jǐng(Taiwan) police officer; policeman
• 从警cóng jǐngto work as a police officer; to engage in police work

Characters built on 敬

These share the phonetic component 敬 (jìng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 擎qíngto raise; to hold up; to lift up
• 儆jǐngto warn; to admonish
• 檠qínginstrument for straightening bows

Characters that look like 警

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 馨xīnfragrant
• 譬pìto give an example
• 鳌áomythological sea turtle
• 餮tiè(literary) greedy; gluttonous
• 鳖biēsoftshell turtle
• 瞽gǔblind; undiscerning

Sounds the same

Read jǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 景(bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation
• 井a well; neat; orderly
• 颈neck
• 阱pitfall; trap
• 憬awaken
• 儆to warn; to admonish
• 璟luster of gem
• 肼hydrazine
• 刭cut the throat
• 璥(gem)
• 暻bright
• 坓variant of 阱