警告
jǐng​gào HSK5

warn

警告 jǐng​gào
warn verb
to advise or inform someone of a potential danger, harm, or negative consequence

医生警告他，如果不戒烟身体会出问题。

yī​shēng jǐng​gào tā, rú​guǒ bù jiè​yān shēn​tǐ huì chū wèn​tí.

The doctor warned him that his health would suffer if he didn't quit smoking.

admonish verb
to issue a formal disciplinary warning or official reprimand regarding behavior

他因为违反公司规定受到了书面警告。

tā yīn​wèi wéi​fǎn gōng​sī guī​dìng shòu​dào le shū​miàn jǐng​gào.

He received a written warning for violating company rules.

warning verb
a noun referring to a notice or statement that tells someone about a possible danger or problem; a caution.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
61.5 per million appears in 22% of films
Written text
24.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 5

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICTAI-generated definitions
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)