警惕

Chinese

		to alert; to warn; police	fearful; respectful
trad. (警惕)		警	惕
simp. #(警惕)		警	惕
2nd round simp.		警𰐿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngtì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² tik¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kèng-thiak / kèng-thek / kéng-thek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng⁶ têg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngtì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngtì
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-tʻi⁴
    • Yale: jǐng-tì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingtih
    • Palladius: цзинти (czinti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging² tik¹
    • Yale: gíng tīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² tik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² tig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ tʰɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-thiak
    • Tâi-lô: kìng-thiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keangtiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-thek
    • Tâi-lô: kìng-thik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keangteg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-thek
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-thik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefngteg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng⁶ têg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kĕng thek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tʰek̚²/

Verb

警惕

1. to be vigilant over; to be alert about

   對【某些東西】保持警惕 [MSC, trad.]
   对【某些东西】保持警惕 [MSC, simp.]

   duì 【 mǒuxiē dōngxī 】 bǎochí jǐngtì [Pinyin]

   to remain vigilant against [something]

Synonyms

• (literary) 警察 (jǐngchá)
• 警戒 (jǐngjiè)
• 警覺／警觉 (jǐngjué)

Antonyms

• 麻痺／麻痹 (mábì)

Noun

警惕

1. vigilance; alert

Derived terms

• 警惕性 (jǐngtìxìng)