警鐘

See also: 警钟

Chinese

		to alert; to warn; police	clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
trad. (警鐘)		警	鐘
simp. (警钟)		警	钟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² zung¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kèng-cheng / kéng-cheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng⁶ zêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngjhong
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-chung¹
    • Yale: jǐng-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingjong
    • Palladius: цзинчжун (czinčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging² zung¹
    • Yale: gíng jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: kìng-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keangzefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefngzefng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng⁶ zêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kĕng tseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡seŋ³³/

Noun

警鐘

1. (chiefly figurative) alarm bell; warning; tocsin

   敲警鐘／敲警钟  ―  qiāo jǐngzhōng  ―  to sound a warning

Japanese

Kanji in this term
警	鐘
けい Grade: 6	しょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けーしょー [kèéshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːɕo̞ː]

Noun

警(けい)鐘(しょう) • (keishō) 

1. alarm bell, firebell

   警鐘(けいしょう)を鳴(な)らす

   keishō o narasu

   to ring an alarm bell

Synonyms

• 火鈴(こりん) (korin) (at Zen temples)