HSK 6 · Society

报警 bàojǐng “to call the police” in Chinese

Traditional 報警

What 报警 means

  1. to call the police
  2. to raise the alarm
  3. to sound an alarm
  4. to report sth to the police

How to say 报警

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale报bào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale警jǐng3rd tone, dipping

报警 in a sentence

  1. 萨米进去报警。

    Sàmǐ jìnqù bàojǐng.

    Sami went inside and called the police.

    Sentence #9423278 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 报警 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 报 (bào) with each of its parts in a different colour
报bàoto report; to inform; to announce
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 卩seal · jié
  • 又again · yòu
The character 警 (jǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
警jǐngto alert
  • 敬to respect · jìngSound part
  • 言speech · yánMeaning part

言 hints at the meaning (speech); 敬 (jìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jǐng.

How to write 报警

报 7 strokes · 警 19 strokes

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报警 (bàojǐng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 报警 (bàojǐng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 报警

Words with 报

报纸bàozhǐ · newspaper报名bàomíng · to sign up报道bàodào · to report (news)报到bàodào · to report for duty报告bàogào · to inform预报yùbào · forecast报社bàoshè · newspaper office报仇bàochóu · to take revenge报答bàodá · to repay (a kindness)报复bàofu · to retaliate

Words with 警

警察jǐngchá · police警告jǐnggào · to warn警惕jǐngtì · to be vigilant

More words: Society & Law

颁布bānbù · to promulgate颁发bānfā · to award绑架bǎngjià · to kidnap包庇bāobì · to shield (wrongdoing)暴力bàolì · violence保卫bǎowèi · to defend保障bǎozhàng · to ensure被告bèigào · defendant

FAQs

报警 (bàojǐng) means “to call the police” or “to raise the alarm”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bàojǐng: bào with a 4th tone, then jǐng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 报警 is written 報警. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baojing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 报警 from the suggestions. Typing baojing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
报警 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.