报警
Old HSK 6
报警 (bàojǐng) · to call the police
报警 (bàojǐng) means “to call the police; to sound an alarm”. It is written with 2 characters: 报 (newspaper) + 警 (to guard). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 报警 is built
The characters
报 bào · newspaper
What 报 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 卩jié — seal
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 又yòu — (once) again
Origin hint: A hand 扌 cuffing 又 a criminal 卩, representing sentencing (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
警 jǐng · to guard
What 警 is made of
- 敬jìng — to respect
- 苟gǒu — careless
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 句jù — sentence
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 苟gǒu — careless
- 言yán — words
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 言 gives the meaning, 敬 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
发现小偷要马上报警。Fāxiàn xiǎotōu yào mǎshàng bàojǐng.Call the police immediately if you see a thief.
她的钱包丢了，就去报警了。Tā de qiánbāo diū le, jiù qù bàojǐng le.She lost her wallet and reported it to the police.
Questions about 报警
What does 报警 mean?
报警 (bàojǐng) means “to call the police; to sound an alarm”.
How do you pronounce 报警?
报警 is pronounced bàojǐng.
Which HSK level is 报警?
报警 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 报名bàomíngto sign up
- 报纸bàozhǐnewspaper
- 日报rìbàodaily newspaper
- 晚报wǎnbàoevening newspaper
- 报到bàodàoto register
- 报道bàodàoto report (news)
- 报告bàogàoreport
- 预报yùbàoforecast
- 汇报huìbàoto report
- 报社bàoshènewspaper office
Learn 报警 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 7: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.