HSK 6 · Emotions

警惕 jǐngtì “to be vigilant” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 警惕 means

  1. to be vigilant
  2. to be on guard
  3. vigilance
  4. to be on the alert
  5. vigilant
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • alert
  • on guard
  • to warn

How to say 警惕

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale警jǐng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale惕tì4th tone, falling

警惕 in a sentence

  1. 不要放松警惕。

    Búyào fàngsōng jǐngtì.

    Don’t let your guard down.

    Sentence #9962879 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 保持警惕。

    Bǎochí jǐngtì.

    Stay alert.

    Sentence #5092516 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 警惕 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 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.

The character 惕 (tì) with each of its parts in a different colour
惕tìfearful
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 易to change · yìSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 易 (yì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tì.

How to write 警惕

警 19 strokes · 惕 11 strokes

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

Words related to 警惕

Words with 警

警察jǐngchá · police警告jǐnggào · to warn报警bàojǐng · to call the police

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FAQs

警惕 (jǐngtì) means “to be vigilant” or “to be on guard”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jǐngtì: jǐng with a 3rd tone, then tì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 警惕 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingti with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 警惕 from the suggestions. Typing jingti into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
警惕 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.