接警 (jiē jǐng) — to receive a report of an incident (of police, fire department, etc.)
Definition
接 (jiē) + 警 (jǐng) is the formal verb for an emergency service (police, fire) officially taking in a call or report. The shared 警 just links it to 报警 ('to report an incident to police'); 接 is the act of receiving, 报警 is the act of calling in.
verb
to receive a report of an incident (of police, fire department, etc.)
Examples
- ，接警。Jǐng chá jiē dào bào jǐng hòu, wǔ fēn zhōng nèi jiù jiē jǐng le.The police received the alarm and responded within five minutes.
- 接警。Xiāo fáng duì jiē jǐng hòu lì kè gǎn wǎng huǒ zāi xiàn chǎng.The fire brigade rushed to the fire scene immediately after receiving the report.
- 接警。Wǒ men gōng sī fù zé jiē jǐng xì tǒng de wéi hù.Our company is responsible for maintaining the incident-report-receiving system.
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