警
Meanings
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- 1.to alert
- 2.to warn
- 3.police
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Wiktionary
- 1.to warn; to admonish
- 2.to be on the alert; to be vigilant
- 3.intuitive; sharp; alert
- 4.aphoristic; epigrammatic; witty
- 5.alarm; alert; siren
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kreŋʔ): phonetic 敬 (OC *kreŋs) + semantic 言 (“spoken language, speech”). Cognate with 驚 (OC *kreŋ, “to be afraid; to scare”) (Schuessler, 2007); the sense "to be on guard" is the endoactive of 驚 (OC *kreŋ). See there for more. 儆 (OC *kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋs, “to warn; to guard against”) is the same word.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
湯姆報了警。
Tom called the police.
他勸她去報警。
She was advised by him to go to the police.
學校門前停著好幾輛警車。
There were several police cars parked in front of the school.
在緊急情況下，打電話報警。
In case of emergency, call the police.
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Derived terms
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