警句

Chinese

		to alert; to warn; police	(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence
trad. (警句)		警	句
simp. ^#(警句)		警	句

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐngjù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² geoi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kèng-kù / kéng-kù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngjù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngjyù
  - Wade–Giles: ching³-chü⁴
  - Yale: jǐng-jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingjiuh
  - Palladius: цзинцзюй (czinczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging² geoi³
  - Yale: gíng geui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging² goey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging² gêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ kɵy̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-kù
  - Tâi-lô: kìng-kù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keangkux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ku²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ku⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-kù
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-kù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefngkux
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku²¹/

Noun

警句

aphorism; epigram

Synonyms

古話 / 古话 (gǔhuà)
名言 (míngyán)
格言 (géyán)
諺語 / 谚语 (yànyǔ)
金句 (jīnjù)
金言 (jīnyán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
警	句
けい Grade: 6	く Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

警(けい)句(く) • (keiku)

aphorism, epigram