# 警钟 (jǐngzhōng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 警钟 (jǐngzhōng) means “alarm bell; warning sign”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: alarm bell; warning sign
- Pinyin: jǐngzhōng (jing3 zhong1)
- Traditional: 警鐘
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这次事故给我们敲响了警钟。
  Zhè cì shìgù gěi wǒmen qiāoxiǎng le jǐngzhōng.
  This accident sounded an alarm bell for us.

## Characters

- 警 (jǐng): to alert; to warn
- [钟](https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-clock/) (zhōng): clock; bell

https://hanziro.com/word/jing-zhong-alarm-bell/

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