警
钟

Alarm bell in Chinese: 警钟 (jǐng zhōng)

jǐng zhōng

alarm bell

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 警鐘1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1alarm bell

Stroke order

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警
钟

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄥˇ

jǐng

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

ㄓㄨㄥ

zhōng

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

警钟

Simplified

警鐘

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 这次事故给我们敲响了警钟。

    zhè cì shì gù gěi wǒ men qiāo xiǎng le jǐng zhōng。

    This accident sounded an alarm bell for us.

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Related words

钟

zhōng

handleless cup

分钟

fēn zhōng

minute

警察

jǐng chá

police

交警

jiāo jǐng

traffic police (abbr. for 察)

闹钟

nào zhōng

alarm clock

报警

bào jǐng

to sound an alarm

警告

jǐng gào

to warn

民警

mín jǐng

civil police

钟头

zhōng tóu

hour

警车

jǐng chē

police car

警官

jǐng guān

constable

警惕

jǐng tì

to be on the alert

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