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

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

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

vigilance; alert

Derived terms

警惕性 (jǐngtìxìng)