警報

See also: 警报

Chinese

		to alert; to warn; police	to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge
trad. (警報)		警	報
simp. (警报)		警	报
anagram		報警／报警

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngbào

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² bou³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kèng-pò / kéng-pò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng⁶ bo³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngbào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngbào
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-pao⁴
    • Yale: jǐng-bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingbaw
    • Palladius: цзинбао (czinbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging² bou³
    • Yale: gíng bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ pou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-pò
    • Tâi-lô: kìng-pò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keangpoix
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ pɤ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ po²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ po¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ po⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-pò
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-pò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefngpoix
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pɤ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng⁶ bo³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kĕng pò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ po²¹³/

Noun

警報

1. alarm; warning; alert

Derived terms

• 警報器 / 警报器 (jǐngbàoqì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (警報):

• → Japanese: 警(けい)報(ほう) (keihō)
• → Korean: 경보(警報) (gyeongbo)
• → Vietnamese: cảnh báo (警報)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
警	報
けい Grade: 6	ほう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Sinitic. Date of borrowing unknown. Compare modern Mandarin 警報 / 警报 (jǐngbào).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けーほー [kèéhóó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) けーほー [kéꜜèhòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːho̞ː]

Noun

警(けい)報(ほう) • (keihō) 

1. alarm, alert, warning
   • 1940, 海野十三, 地球要塞:

     室内(しつない)では、警報(けいほう)ベルがしきりに鳴(な)っている。

     Shitsunai de wa, keihō beru ga shikiri ni natteiru.

     Inside, alarm bells have been going off incessantly.

Hyponyms

• 火災警報 (かさいけいほう, ​kasai keihō): fire alarm
• 津波警報 (つなみけいほう, ​tsunami keihō): tsunami warning

References

• “警報”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
警	報

Noun

警報 • (gyeongbo) (hangeul 경보)

1. hanja form^? of 경보 (“alarm, warning”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
警	報

Noun

警報

1. chữ Hán form of cảnh báo (“warning”)