正告

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	to tell; to inform; to say
simp. and trad. (正告)		正	告

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhènggào

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄍㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ gou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-kò͘ / chèng-kò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhènggào
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄍㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhènggào
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-kao⁴
    • Yale: jèng-gàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqgaw
    • Palladius: чжэнгао (čžɛngao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ gou³
    • Yale: jing gou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ gou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ gou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ kou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangkox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-kò
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-kò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangkoix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ko²¹/

Verb

正告

1. to earnestly admonish; to warn sternly; to warn in all seriousness

Synonyms

• 勸告／劝告 (quàngào)
• 勸導／劝导 (quàndǎo)
• 勸解／劝解 (quànjiě)
• 勸誡／劝诫 (quànjiè)
• 告誡／告诫 (gàojiè)
• 奉勸／奉劝 (fèngquàn) (honorific)
• 忠告
• 懲／惩 (chéng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 戒飭／戒饬 (jièchì)
• 提醒 (tíxǐng)
• 相勸／相劝 (xiāngquàn) (literary)
• 規／规 (literary, or in compounds)
• 規勸／规劝 (guīquàn)
• 誘／诱 (yòu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 諧喙／谐喙 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 諫訓／谏训 (jiànxùn) (literary)
• 警告 (jǐnggào)
• 警示 (jǐngshì)
• 警誡／警诫 (jǐngjiè) (literary)