报警

• 拼音: bào jǐng
• 汉字拆解: 报 = 扌(hand) + phonetic component; 警 = 敬 (respect) + 言 (speech), meaning alert/warn

含义

Report to the police; call the police; trigger an alarm. To notify authorities about a crime or emergency.

Can mean calling the police (打电话报警) or an alarm system being triggered (报警器响了). Used as both a verb phrase and in compound nouns like 报警器 (alarm device).

例句

1. 发现有人入室盗窃后，她立刻拿起电话报警。
2. 这辆车的报警系统非常灵敏，碰一下就会响。
3. 遇到紧急情况，请拨打110报警。

用法指南

语境: emergency, security, everyday

语气: urgent

正确说法

• 我要报警！(I'm calling the police!)
• 报警器响了。(The alarm went off.)

错误说法

• 对小事威胁说'我要报警'——可能被认为是反应过度或威胁 (Don't threaten to call the police over minor matters — it may seem like overreaction or a threat)

起源与历史

Compound of 报 (report) + 警 (police/alert), literally meaning to report to authorities or sound an alert.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal