警鐘

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See also: 警钟

Chinese

		to alert; to warn; police	clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
trad. (警鐘)		警	鐘
simp. (警钟)		警	钟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐngzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² zung¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kèng-cheng / kéng-cheng

(Teochew, Peng'im): gêng⁶ zêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngjhong
  - Wade–Giles: ching³-chung¹
  - Yale: jǐng-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingjong
  - Palladius: цзинчжун (czinčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging² zung¹
  - Yale: gíng jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging² dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging² zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-cheng
  - Tâi-lô: kìng-tsing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keangzefng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-cheng
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-tsing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefngzefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gêng⁶ zêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kĕng tseng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡seŋ³³/

Noun

警鐘

(chiefly figurative) alarm bell; warning; tocsin
敲警鐘／敲警钟 ― qiāo jǐngzhōng ― to sound a warning

Japanese

Kanji in this term
警	鐘
けい Grade: 6	しょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けーしょー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

警(けい)鐘(しょう) • (keishō)

alarm bell, firebell
警鐘(けいしょう)を鳴(な)らす
keishō o narasu
to ring an alarm bell

Synonyms

火鈴(こりん) (korin) (at Zen temples)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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