火警 (huǒjǐng): fire alarm

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一次火警 cì

火警响了，大家赶快撤离！

Huǒjǐng xiǎng le, dàjiā gǎnkuài chèlí!

The fire alarm went off, everyone evacuate quickly!

这是一次误报的火警。

Zhè shì yī cì wùbào de huǒjǐng.

This was a false fire alarm.

usage

火警 can mean both the alarm device and the fire emergency itself. 报火警 = to report a fire. In Hong Kong, the fire emergency number is also called 火警.

火 huǒ

警 jǐng