报
警

To sound an alarm in Chinese: 报警 (bào jǐng)

bào jǐng

to sound an alarm

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 報警1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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报
警

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄠˋ

bào

ㄅ/ bㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄥˇ

jǐng

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

报警

Simplified

報警

Traditional

Example sentences

See 报警 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 发现有小偷，他马上打电话报警。

    fā xiàn yǒu xiǎo tōu， tā mǎ shàng dǎ diàn huà bào jǐng。

    Spotting a thief, he immediately called the police.

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Related words

报

bào

to announce

报纸

bào zhǐ

newspaper

报道

bào dào

to report (news)

报名

bào míng

to sign up

警察

jǐng chá

police

报告

bào gào

to inform

预报

yù bào

forecast

日报

rì bào

daily newspaper

晚报

wǎn bào

evening newspaper

报到

bào dào

to report for duty

交警

jiāo jǐng

traffic police (abbr. for 察)

汇报

huì bào

to report

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