Definition

Verb: To urgently report or notify, especially about an emergency or critical situation, requiring immediate attention and action. This term often carries a formal or official connotation and is frequently used in contexts involving authorities, security, or serious incidents.

Usage

The verb cấp báo is used to describe the act of sending an urgent report or notification. It implies a high level of urgency and importance, typically directed to someone in a position of authority or responsibility to prompt an immediate response. - It is often followed by the recipient of the report (e.g., cấp báo cho cảnh sát - to urgently report to the police). - It can be used with the content of the report (e.g., cấp báo tình hình - to urgently report the situation).

Examples

• Công dân có trách nhiệm cấp báo cho chính quyền khi phát hiện hành vi phạm pháp. (Citizens have the responsibility to urgently report to the authorities when detecting illegal acts.)
• Ngay khi xảy ra sự cố, nhân viên an ninh đã cấp báo cho ban quản lý tòa nhà. (As soon as the incident occurred, the security staff urgently notified the building management.)
• Tin động đất được cấp báo đến tất cả các trạm cứu hộ trong vòng vài phút. (The earthquake news was urgently reported to all rescue stations within minutes.)

Advanced Usage

• Cấp báo khẩn: This phrase intensifies the urgency, meaning "to report with extreme urgency" or "to send an emergency alert."
  • Một bản tin cấp báo khẩn đã được phát đi trên tất cả các kênh truyền thông. (An emergency alert bulletin was broadcast on all media channels.)

Variants and Related Words

• Báo cáo khẩn (Urgent Report): A noun phrase referring to the urgent report itself.
  • Anh ấy đang chuẩn bị một báo cáo khẩn. (He is preparing an urgent report.)
• Thông báo khẩn cấp (Emergency Notification): A noun phrase with a similar meaning, often used in official communications.
• Báo động (To Alert/Alarm): A verb meaning to sound an alarm or warn, which can be synonymous in contexts of immediate danger but is less formal than cấp báo.

Synonyms

• Báo khẩn: To report urgently. (Very close synonym, slightly less formal)
• Thông báo gấp: To notify urgently. (More colloquial)
• Báo tin gấp: To deliver urgent news.

Related Phrases

• Tiếp nhận tin cấp báo: To receive an urgent report.
  • Trung tâm chỉ huy đã tiếp nhận tin cấp báo về vụ cháy. (The command center received the urgent report about the fire.)
• Đường dây cấp báo: Hotline/emergency reporting line.
  • Hãy gọi đường dây cấp báo khi bạn gặp nguy hiểm. (Call the emergency hotline when you are in danger.)

verb

1. To send an emergency dispatch to, to notify immediately
   • tin giặc xâm phạm bờ cõi được cấp báo về kinh đô
     the transgression on the frontiers by aggressors was reported in an emergency dispatch to the capital