报警 bàojǐng to sound an alarm
to sound an alarm; to report something to the police
怎么记住“报警”: 报 report + 警 guard = to sound an alarm.
汉字
用法
- To call the police / sound an alarm - 快报警 (kuài bàojǐng) call the police, quick!; 报警器 (bàojǐngqì) an alarm device.
- 警 here is police/alert. Everyday sense is dialing the police (110 in mainland China). Also for automated alarms going off.
- Separable: 报了警 (bào le jǐng) already called the police.
例句
- 我们该报警。 Wǒmen gāi bàojǐng.We should call the police.
- 想报警的是谁？ Xiǎng bàojǐng de shì shuí?Whose idea was it to call the police?
- 汤姆本可以报警的。 Tāngmǔ běn kěyǐ bàojǐng de.Tom could've called the police.