警 (ging2 | jing3) : guard; watch; alert; police

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警

ging2

jing3

[1] [v] guard; watch; keep watch [2] [v] alert; warn [3] [n] alarm [4] quick; alert; agile [5] the police

Stroke count: 20

Level: 3

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

警

This word has been viewed 9847 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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警察 ging2 caat3 jing3 cha2 = the police

警告 ging2 gou3 jing3 gao4 = to warn; to caution

報警 bou3 ging2 bao4 jing3 = report to the police

警署 ging2 cyu5 = police station 粵

警惕 ging2 tik1 jing3 ti4 = alert; "attention!"; vigilant; to be on guard; to raise one's guard

警戒 ging2 gaai3 jing3 jie4 = to warn; to be alert

警衛 ging2 wai6 jing3 wei4 = security guard

警方 ging2 fong1 jing3 fang1 = the police

警報 ging2 bou3 jing3 bao4 = (fire) alarm, alert, warning

巡警 ceon4 ging2 xun2 jing3 = police officer

火警 fo2 ging2 = fire alarm

警員 ging2 jyun4 = policeman

武警 mou5 ging2 = armed police

水警 seoi2 ging2 = harbor police

警隊 ging2 deoi6*2 = police, police unit

警局 ging2 guk6*2 = police station

交通警察 gaau1 tung1 ging2 caat3 jiao1 tong1 jing3 cha2 = a traffic policeman, constable, pointsman

警車 ging2 ce1 = a police car, paddy waggon, patrol car

政府警告 zing3 fu2 ging2 gou3 zheng4 fu3 jing3 gao4 = government warning

便衣刑警 bin6 ji1 jing4 ging2 bian4 yi1 xing2 jing3 = plain-clothes man

防暴警察 fong4 bou6 ging2 caat3 fang2 bao4 jing3 cha2 = riot police; riot squad

火警警報系統 fo2 ging2 ging2 bou3 hai6 tung2 huo3 jing3 jing3 bao4 xi4 tong3 = fire alarm system

交通警員 gaau1 tung1 ging2 jyun4 = traffic policeman

火警演習 fo2 ging2 jin2 zaap6 = fire drill

冒警 mou6 ging2 = pose as a police officer

襲警 zaap6 ging2 = assaulting the police

警棍 ging2 gwan3 = truncheon, a police baton

警槍 ging2 coeng1 = a police revolver

警犬 ging2 hyun2 = police dog

軍警 gwan1 ging2 = military police

輔警 fu6 ging2 = auxiliary police officer

警司 ging2 si1 = superintendent

警長 ging2 zoeng2 = sergeant

安全警察 on1 cyun4 ging2 caat3 an1 quan2 jing3 cha2 = security police

警報器 ging2 bou3 hei3 jing3 bao4 qi4 = siren (device that makes noise)

警花 ging2 faa1 = a pretty female police officer

騎馬巡警 ke4 maa5 ceon4 ging2 qi2 ma3 xun2 jing3 = mounted police; Cossacks

警匪片 ging2 fei2 pin3*2 jing3 fen1 pian4 = police film ; detective film

警察片 ging2 caat3 pin3*2 jing3 cha2 pian4 = police film ; cop movie

警戒狀態 ging2 gaai3 zong6 taai3 jing3 jie4 zhuang4 tai4 = a state of alert

警民 ging2 man4 jing3 min2 = the police and the people (usually in opposition)

交警 gaau1 ging2 jiao1 jing3 = traffic police (short for 交通警察)

警訊 ging2 seon3 jing3 xun4 = warning sign; police call

警察局 ging2 caat3 guk6 jing3 cha2 ju2 = police station; police office

警崗 ging2 gong1 = police post 粵

便衣警察 bin6 ji1 ging2 caat3 bian4 yi1 jing3 cha2 = plain-clothes policeman

女警 neoi5 ging2 nv3 jing3 = a police-woman

警界 ging2 gaai3 jing3 jie4 = law enforcement circles

交通警 gaau1 tung1 ging2 jiao1 tong1 jing3 = a traffic policeman

州警 zau1 ging2 = the state police

州警局 zau1 gung2 guk6*2 = the state police department

火警鐘 fo2 ging2 zung1 huo3 jing3 zhong1 = fire alarm bell

警覺 ging2 gok3 jing3 jue2 = alert, vigilant

警覺性 ging2 gok3 sing3 jing3 jue2 xing4 = alertness; vigilance

騎警 ke4 ging2 qi2 jing3 = mounted police, mountie

警笛 ging2 dek6 jing3 di2 = siren

騎馬警察 ke4 maa5 ging2 caat3 qi2 ma3 jing3 cha2 = mounted police, mountie

機警 gei1 ging2 ji1 jing3 = alert

警官 ging2 gun1 jing3 guan1 = constable, police officer

警區 ging2 keoi1 jing3 qu1 = police district

特警 dak6 ging2 te4 jing3 = riot police; SWAT

警標 ging2 biu1 jing3 biao1 = buoy; navigation marker

中國人民武裝警察部隊 zung1 gwok3 jan4 man4 mou5 zong1 ging2 caat3 bou6 deoi6*2 zhong1 guo2 ren2 min2 wu3 zhuang1 jing3 cha2 bu4 dui4 = People's Armed Police (PAP)

武警部隊 mou5 ging2 bou6 deoi6*2 wu3 jing3 bu4 dui4 = People's Armed Police

中區警署 zung1 keoi1 ging2 cyu5 = Central Police Station

投訴警方獨立監察委員會 tau4 sou3 ging2 fong1 duk6 laap6 gaam1 caat3 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 = Independent Police Complaints Council

空襲解除的警報 hung1 zaap6 gaai2 ceoi4 dik1 ging2 bou3 = all-clear 國

警隊博物館 ging2 deoi6*2 bok3 mat6 gun2 = Police Museum

香港輔助警察隊 hoeng1 gong2 fu6 zo6 ging2 caat3 deoi6*2 = Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force (HKAP)

香港警務處 hoeng1 gong2 ging2 mou6 cyu3 = Hong Kong Police Force

四級火警 sei3 kap1 fo2 ging2 = a No.4 alarm

國民警衛隊 gwok3 man4 ging2 wai6 deoi6*2 guo2 min2 jing3 wei4 dui4 = National Guard (United States)

歐洲刑警組織 au1 zau1 jing4 ging2 zou2 zik1 ou1 zhou1 xing2 jing3 zu3 zhi1 = Europol (European Police Office)

國際刑警組織 gwok3 zai3 jing4 ging2 zou2 zik1 guo2 ji4 xing2 jing3 zu3 zhi1 = Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)

Showing all 5 examples containing 警

呢度有一間警崗粵
There's a police box here.

佢俾警察拉咗去。粵
He was arrested by the police.

我見到呢度有一間唔係好大嘅警崗粵
I can see a police box that's not very big here.
[Lit. I see-arrive here have one [counter] is-not very big [possessive particle] police box. You CANNOT say 唔大 or 唔好大 instead of 唔係好大, although it may sound like either one if a speaker is talking very quickly. 唔大 should be 細.]

政府打算加派警察出街巡邏。粵
The government intends to increase the number of policemen on the beat.
[A typical Cantonese sentence uses more verbs than the English version.]

示威者向警察掟石﹐而警察用橡膠子彈回敬。粵
Protesters threw stones at the police, who responded with rubber bullets.
[Cantonese version has the two prepositional phrases placed before the two verbs; English version has the same placed after. ]

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