機警

Chinese

		machine; opportunity; secret	to alert; to warn; police
trad. (機警)		機	警
simp. (机警)		机	警

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jījǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ ging²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki-kèng / ki-kéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jijǐng
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-ching³
    • Yale: jī-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijiing
    • Palladius: цзицзин (cziczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ ging²
    • Yale: gēi gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-kèng
    • Tâi-lô: ki-kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'kexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: ki-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'keang
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴¹/

Adjective

機警

1. alert; sharp-witted; vigilant

Synonyms

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• 乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
• 了了 (liǎoliǎo) (literary)
• 伶俐 (línglì)
• 儇 (Wu, of a child)
• 奢遮 (Wu, of a child)
• 宿鬼 (Hokkien)
• 性靈／性灵 (xìnglíng) (literary)
• 敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
• 明慧 (mínghuì)
• 明智 (míngzhì)
• 機敏／机敏 (jīmǐn)
• 機智／机智 (jīzhì)
• 機穎／机颖 (literary)
• 機靈／机灵
• 活絡／活络 (Wu)
• 睿智 (ruìzhì)
• 穎異／颖异 (yǐngyì) (formal)
• 精濟／精济 (Hokkien, of a child)
• 精靈／精灵 (jīnglíng)
• 精齊／精齐 (Hokkien, of a child)
• 聰慧／聪慧 (cōnghuì)
• 聰敏／聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
• 聰明／聪明 (cōngmíng)
• 聰穎／聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (formal)
• 英明 (yīngmíng)
• 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
• 靈／灵 (líng)
• 靈光／灵光 (⁶lin-kuaon) (Wu)
• 鬼 (guǐ) (informal)