警告

Chinese

		to alert; to warn; police	to tell; to inform; to say
trad. (警告)		警	告
simp. ^#(警告)		警	告

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐnggào

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄍㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² gou³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kín-ko
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kèng-kò / kèng-kò͘ / kéng-kò

(Teochew, Peng'im): gêng⁶ gao³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐnggào
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄍㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐnggào
  - Wade–Giles: ching³-kao⁴
  - Yale: jǐng-gàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiinggaw
  - Palladius: цзингао (czingao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging² gou³
  - Yale: gíng gou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging² gou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging² gou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ kou̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kín-ko
  - Hakka Romanization System: gin^ˋ go
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gin³ go⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kin³¹ ko⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-kò
  - Tâi-lô: kìng-kò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keangkoix
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ko²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ko¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kɤ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-kò͘
  - Tâi-lô: kìng-kòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keangkox
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-kò
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-kò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefngkoix
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gêng⁶ gao³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kĕng kàu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ kau²¹³/

Noun

警告

warning; caution
光敏性癲癇警告／光敏性癫痫警告 ― guāngmǐnxìng diānxián jǐnggào ― photosensitive epilepsy warning

權利人發送侵權警告 [MSC, trad.]
权利人发送侵权警告 [MSC, simp.]
quánlìrén fāsòng qīnquán jǐnggào [Pinyin]
rightholder sends infringement notice

Verb

警告

to warn; to admonish

Synonyms

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勸告 / 劝告 (quàngào)
勸導 / 劝导 (quàndǎo)
勸解 / 劝解 (quànjiě)
勸誡 / 劝诫 (quànjiè)
告誡 / 告诫 (gàojiè)
奉勸 / 奉劝 (fèngquàn) (honorific)
忠告
懲 / 惩 (chéng) (literary, or in compounds)
戒飭 / 戒饬 (jièchì)
提醒 (tíxǐng)
正告 (zhènggào)
相勸 / 相劝 (xiāngquàn) (literary)
規 / 规 (literary, or in compounds)
規勸 / 规劝 (guīquàn)
誘 / 诱 (yòu) (literary, or in compounds)
諧喙 / 谐喙 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
諫訓 / 谏训 (jiànxùn) (literary)
警示 (jǐngshì)
警誡 / 警诫 (jǐngjiè) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
警	告
けい Grade: 6	こく Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
警吿 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けーこく [kèékókú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ke̞ːko̞kɯ̟]

Noun

警(けい)告(こく) • (keikoku)

warning

Verb

警(けい)告(こく)する • (keikoku suru) transitive suru (stem 警(けい)告(こく)し (keikoku shi), past 警(けい)告(こく)した (keikoku shita))

to warn
潜(せん)在(ざい)的(てき)な危(き)険(けん)性(せい)を警(けい)告(こく)する
senzaiteki na kikensei o keikoku suru
warn of a potential danger

Conjugation

Conjugation of "警告する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	警告し	けいこくし	keikoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	警告し	けいこくし	keikoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	警告する	けいこくする	keikoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	警告する	けいこくする	keikoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	警告すれ	けいこくすれ	keikoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	警告せよ¹ 警告しろ²	けいこくせよ¹ けいこくしろ²	keikoku seyo¹ keikoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	警告される	けいこくされる	keikoku sareru
Causative	警告させる警告さす	けいこくさせるけいこくさす	keikoku saseru keikoku sasu
Potential	警告できる	けいこくできる	keikoku dekiru
Volitional	警告しよう	けいこくしよう	keikoku shiyō
Negative	警告しない	けいこくしない	keikoku shinai
Negative continuative	警告せず	けいこくせず	keikoku sezu
Formal	警告します	けいこくします	keikoku shimasu
Perfective	警告した	けいこくした	keikoku shita
Conjunctive	警告して	けいこくして	keikoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	警告すれば	けいこくすれば	keikoku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“警告”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
警	告

Noun

警告 • (gyeonggo) (hangeul 경고)

hanja form^? of 경고 (“warning, caution”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
警	告

Verb

警告

chữ Hán form of cảnh cáo (“to warn”)