ging2 bou3警報警报
Jyutpingging2 bou3
Yalegíng bou
Definition
An alarm, alert, or warning signal about an impending danger.
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How it's used
Focuses on official or technical warnings rather than personal reminders. It is frequently paired with verbs like 發出 or 解除 to describe the lifecycle of an alert. While it can refer to a physical siren, it is also commonly used for abstract warnings like weather or security threats.
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The Observatory has issued a red rainstorm alert.
Why is your phone sounding an alarm?
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Common mistake
Avoid using this for a personal alarm clock or a reminder to wake up, as those are usually called 鬧鐘. Using 警報 in a casual, non-emergency context can sound overly dramatic or like a technical system failure.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
