"to warn" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 警告 | to warn / to admonish | syn | |
| 警惕 | to be on the alert / vigilant / alert / on guard / to warn | syn | |
| 告诫 告誡 | to warn / to admonish | syn | |
| 警戒 | to warn / to alert / to be on the alert / to stand guard / sentinel | syn | |
| 警示 | to warn / to alert / warning / cautionary | syn | |
| 叮咛 叮嚀 | to warn / to urge / to exhort / to give instructions carefully and insistently | syn | |
| 示警 | to warn / a warning sign | ||
| 警 | to alert / to warn / police | syn | |
| 惩 懲 | to punish / to reprimand / to warn | syn | |
| 儆 | to warn / to admonish | ||
| 箴 | to warn / to admonish / variant of 針|针[zhen1] | syn | |
| 申饬 申飭 | to warn / to blame / to rebuke / also written 申斥 | syn | |
| 规诫 規誡 | to warn (against some course) / to admonish | ||
| 儆戒 | to warn / to admonish |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 提醒 | to remind / to call attention to / to warn of | syn | |
| 杀一儆百 殺一儆百 | lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom) / to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres | syn | |
| 叮嘱 叮囑 | to warn repeatedly / to urge / to exhort again and again | syn | |
| 戒 | to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger) | syn | |
| 以儆效尤 | (idiom) to warn against following bad examples / as a warning to others | syn | |
| 诤 諍 | to admonish / to warn sb of their errors / to criticize frankly / Taiwan pr. [zheng1] | syn | |
| 鑑 | variant of 鑒|鉴 / example / mirror / to view / reflection / to reflect / to inspect / to warn / (ancient bronze mirror) | ||
| 惩一儆百 懲一儆百 | lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb | syn | |
| 杀鸡儆猴 殺雞儆猴 | lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres | ||
| 惩一警百 懲一警百 | lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb / also written 懲一儆百|惩一儆百[cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3] | syn | |
| 杀鸡警猴 殺雞警猴 | lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres | ||
| 规谏 規諫 | to remonstrate / to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese) / to exhort | syn | |
| 请喝茶 請喝茶 | (lit.) to invite to tea / (fig.) (of police etc) to interrogate sb about their subversive political activities and warn them against further involvement |