Chinese symbol for “alarm”
警报
jǐng bào
Traditional: 警報
(fire) alarm; alert signal; alarm; alert
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alarm is 警报 (jǐng bào), defined as: (fire) alarm; alert signal; alarm; alert; warning.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “alarm”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惊动 (驚動) | jīng dòng | to alarm; to startle |
| 报警器 (報警器) | bào jǐng qì | alarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm); warning device |
| 警号 (警號) | jǐng hào | alarm; alert |
| 惊扰 (驚擾) | jīng rǎo | to alarm; to agitate |
| 惊 (驚) | jīng | to startle; to be frightened |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 警报.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警察 | jǐng chá | police; police officer |
| 警方 | jǐng fāng | police |
| 警告 | jǐng gào | to warn; to admonish |
| 报警 (報警) | bào jǐng | to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police |
| 预警 (預警) | yù jǐng | warning; early warning |
| 报告 (報告) | bào gào | to inform; to report |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 报纸 (報紙) | bào zhǐ | newspaper; newsprint |
See also: Japanese symbol for “alarm”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.