ging2 gaai3 sin3警戒線警戒线
Jyutpingging2 gaai3 sin3
Yalegíng gaai sin
Definition
A warning line, cordon, or critical threshold that should not be crossed.
- a physical warning line or cordon that unauthorized people cannot cross
- a critical threshold or warning level used as a reference point
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How it's used
Beyond physical barriers used by police or construction crews, this term is frequently used in professional and financial contexts to describe a threshold that triggers a specific response. It implies a point of no return or a critical level where intervention becomes necessary. It is rarely used for personal boundaries, which are usually described using terms like 底線.
Measure word
tiu4條tìuhExamples
The police set up a warning line at the scene.
Related words
Common phrases
to set up a warning line
to fall below the warning line
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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.
