警備

See also: 警备

Chinese

		to alert; to warn; police	to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip
trad. (警備)		警	備
simp. (警备)		警	备

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² bei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kèng-pī / kéng-pī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngbèi
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-pei⁴
    • Yale: jǐng-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingbey
    • Palladius: цзинбэй (czinbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging² bei⁶
    • Yale: gíng beih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² bei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² béi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ pei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-pī
    • Tâi-lô: kìng-pī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keangpi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-pī
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-pī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefngpi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pi³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi³³/

Verb

警備

1. to guard; to garrison

Derived terms

• 警備區／警备区
• 警備隊／警备队

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
警	備
けい Grade: 6	び Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

From kei (警, guard against) + bi (備, preparations).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けーび [kéꜜèbì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːbʲi]

Noun

警(けい)備(び) • (keibi) 

1. security guard
2. patrol
3. defense, guard, guarding, policing, security

Derived terms

• 警(けい)備(び)員(いん) (keibīn)

Verb

警(けい)備(び)する • (keibi suru) suru (stem 警(けい)備(び)し (keibi shi), past 警(けい)備(び)した (keibi shita))

1. keep guard, stand guard, defend

Conjugation

Conjugation of "警備する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	警備し	けいびし	keibi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	警備し	けいびし	keibi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	警備する	けいびする	keibi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	警備する	けいびする	keibi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	警備すれ	けいびすれ	keibi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	警備せよ¹ 警備しろ²	けいびせよ¹ けいびしろ²	keibi seyo¹ keibi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	警備される	けいびされる	keibi sareru
Causative	警備させる 警備さす	けいびさせる けいびさす	keibi saseru keibi sasu
Potential	警備できる	けいびできる	keibi dekiru
Volitional	警備しよう	けいびしよう	keibi shiyō
Negative	警備しない	けいびしない	keibi shinai
Negative continuative	警備せず	けいびせず	keibi sezu
Formal	警備します	けいびします	keibi shimasu
Perfective	警備した	けいびした	keibi shita
Conjunctive	警備して	けいびして	keibi shite
Hypothetical conditional	警備すれば	けいびすれば	keibi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.