警戒

jǐngjiè
  1. to warn
  2. to alert
  3. to be on the alert
  4. to stand guard
  5. sentinel

CEDICT

  1. alternative form of 警誡 /警诫 (jǐngjiè, “to warn and admonish”)
  2. to be vigilant; to be alert; to watch out

Wiktionary

  1. 告誡，以使人注意。
  2. 警備防守。
  3. 為防止敵人間諜、觀測、滲透、破壞、騷擾、奇襲等威脅，俾獲致預警與戰備，以確保部隊的安全，稱為「警戒」。

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Entry Composition

1 警 jǐng
  1. to alert
  2. to warn
  3. police
2 戒 jiè
  1. to guard against
  2. to exhort
  3. to admonish or warn
  4. to give up or stop doing sth
  5. Buddhist monastic discipline
  6. ring (for a finger)

Containing this entry

以示警戒 yǐshìjǐngjiè to serve as a warning (idiom)
警戒線 jǐngjièxiàn
  1. police cordon
  2. alert level

Related entries

儆 jǐng
  1. to warn
  2. to admonish
儆戒 jǐngjiè
  1. to warn
  2. to admonish
叮嚀 dīngníng
  1. to warn
  2. to urge
  3. to exhort
  4. to give instructions carefully and insistently
告誡 gàojiè
  1. to warn
  2. to admonish
他告誡他們不要吵鬧。

He admonished them for being noisy.

Source: Tatoeba

申飭 shēnchì
  1. to warn
  2. to blame
  3. to rebuke
  4. also written 申斥
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