警惕 meaning in English

jǐngtì

to be on the alert; vigilant

HSK 7-9verb30 strokes

Meaning of 警惕

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jǐngtì
  1. to be on the alert
  2. vigilant
  3. alert
  4. on guard
  5. to warn

警惕 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

不bú要yào放fàng松sōng警jǐng惕tì。
Don't let your guard down.
你nǐ真zhēn是shì警jǐng惕tì。
You're very alert.
保bǎo持chí警jǐng惕tì。
Stay sharp.

Stroke order for each character

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警 jǐng · to guard · 19 strokes

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惕 tì · cautious · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 警惕.

警察jǐngchápolice; police officer
交警jiāojǐngtraffic police (abbr. for 交通警察[jiao1 tong1 jing3 cha2])
警告jǐnggàoto warn; to admonish
报警bàojǐngto sound an alarm; to report sth to the police
民警mínjǐngcivil police; PRC police
警官jǐngguānconstable; police officer
警车jǐngchēpolice car
警钟jǐngzhōngalarm bell
警方jǐngfāngpolice
警探jǐngtànpolice detective
警局jǐngjúpolice department; police station
警察局jǐngchájúpolice station; police department

Questions about 警惕

What does 警惕 mean?

警惕 (jǐngtì) means "to be on the alert; vigilant" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 警惕?

警惕 is made of 2 characters: 警 (19 strokes), 惕 (11 strokes). That is 30 strokes in total.

Is 警惕 an HSK word?

Yes. 警惕 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.