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HSK
5

call the police

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

bao4jing3 bàojǐng

Meaning


Primary

call the police

Alternatives

called the police, report to the police

Mnemonic


When you 報警 call the police, you are 報 reporting to the 警 police what happened.

Usage


最好 打 電話 報警。

We'd better call the police.

她 看 到 小偷 後 立刻 報警。

She immediately called the police after seeing the thief.

如果 你 不 停 下來, 我 就 報警 了。

If you don't stop, I'll call the police.