Chinese symbol for “warn”
警告
jǐng gào
to warn; to admonish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for warn is 警告 (jǐng gào), defined as: to warn; to admonish.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “warn”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警戒 | jǐng jiè | to warn; to alert |
| 警示 | jǐng shì | to warn; to alert |
| 告诫 (告誡) | gào jiè | to warn; to admonish |
| 示警 | shì jǐng | to warn; a warning sign |
| 叮咛 (叮嚀) | dīng níng | to warn; to urge |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 警告.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警察 | jǐng chá | police; police officer |
| 警方 | jǐng fāng | police |
| 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 |
| 警报 (警報) | jǐng bào | (fire) alarm; alert signal |
| 报告 (報告) | bào gào | to inform; to report |
| 告诉 (告訴) | gào sù | to press charges; to file a complaint |
| 广告 (廣告) | guǎng gào | to advertise; a commercial |
See also: Japanese symbol for “warn”.
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.