警戒

Chinese

		to alert; to warn; police	swear off; warn against
trad. (警戒)		警	戒
simp. #(警戒)		警	戒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² gaai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kín-kie
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kèng-kài / kéng-kài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng⁶ gai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngjiè
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-chieh⁴
    • Yale: jǐng-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingjieh
    • Palladius: цзинцзе (czincze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ging² gaai³
    • Yale: gíng gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ kaːi̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 境界 警戒

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kín-kie
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin^ˋ gie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin³ gie⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kin³¹ ki̯e⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-kài
    • Tâi-lô: kìng-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keangkaix
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-kài
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefngkaix
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kai²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng⁶ gai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kĕng kài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ kai²¹³/

Verb

警戒

1. to be vigilant; to be alert; to watch out
2. alternative form of 警誡 / 警诫 (jǐngjiè, “to warn and admonish”)

Synonyms

• (to be vigilant): (literary) 警察 (jǐngchá), 警覺／警觉 (jǐngjué),* 警惕 (jǐngtì)

Derived terms

• 警戒員 / 警戒员
• 警戒水位
• 警戒線 / 警戒线 (jǐngjièxiàn)
• 警戒色

See also

• 保衛／保卫 (bǎowèi)
• 警衛／警卫 (jǐngwèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
警	戒
けい Grade: 6	かい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けーかい [kèékáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːka̠i]

Noun

警(けい)戒(かい) • (keikai) 

1. caution
2. precaution

Verb

警(けい)戒(かい)する • (keikai suru) suru (stem 警(けい)戒(かい)し (keikai shi), past 警(けい)戒(かい)した (keikai shita))

1. to be vigilant; to watch out

   警戒(けいかい)したほうがいい。

   Keikai shita hō ga ii.

   You should be very careful.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "警戒する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	警戒し	けいかいし	keikai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	警戒し	けいかいし	keikai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	警戒する	けいかいする	keikai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	警戒する	けいかいする	keikai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	警戒すれ	けいかいすれ	keikai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	警戒せよ¹ 警戒しろ²	けいかいせよ¹ けいかいしろ²	keikai seyo¹ keikai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	警戒される	けいかいされる	keikai sareru
Causative	警戒させる 警戒さす	けいかいさせる けいかいさす	keikai saseru keikai sasu
Potential	警戒できる	けいかいできる	keikai dekiru
Volitional	警戒しよう	けいかいしよう	keikai shiyō
Negative	警戒しない	けいかいしない	keikai shinai
Negative continuative	警戒せず	けいかいせず	keikai sezu
Formal	警戒します	けいかいします	keikai shimasu
Perfective	警戒した	けいかいした	keikai shita
Conjunctive	警戒して	けいかいして	keikai shite
Hypothetical conditional	警戒すれば	けいかいすれば	keikai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “警戒”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026