(fire) alarm in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 警报 with this easy mnemonic:

The alarm is used to alert (警) us of a fire, and report (报) back where the fire started.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 警
• 报

• 报仇
• 回报
• 报道
• 报告
• 报复
• 报纸
• 警报
• 警卫
• 警告
• 警官
• 情报
• 报警
• 警察局
• 报应
• 警察
• 警方

The reading of 警报 is jǐng bào.

You can remember how to say 警报 with this useful mnemonic:

Whatever you do, don't try to put out the fire with your jeans (jǐng). Bow (bào) down your head and run for your life!

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like (fire) alarm and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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