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  caat3   jyutping
  cha2   pinyin
[v] examine; investigate; notice; observe; survey; study; scrutinise

Stroke count: 14
Level: 3
Radical: (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 7460 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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detail  ham1 caat3  kan1 cha2 = investigate  ? 
detail  ging2 caat3  jing3 cha2 = the police
detail  gun1 caat3  guan1 cha2 = to observe; to inspect
detail  si6 caat3  shi4 cha2 = to inspect; to examine
detail  zing1 caat3  zhen1 cha2 = to investigate; to detect; to scout
detail  gim2 caat3  jian3 cha2 = to inspect; to check up on
detail  gaam1 caat3  jian1 cha2 = to supervise; to monitor
detail  gok3 caat3  jue2 cha2 = to sense; to feel; to perceive; to discover
detail  gim2 caat3 gun1  jian3 cha2 guan1 = the prosecution (in a court case); the prosecutor
detail  haau2 caat3  kao3 cha2 = inspect, make an on-the-spot investigation
detail  gun1 caat3 gaa1  guan1 cha2 jia1 = observer
detail  gim2 caat3 jyun6*2   = office of the public prosecutor
detail  duk1 caat3  du1 cha2 = police inspector; [美] police superintendent — chief of police
detail  gaau1 tung1 ging2 caat3  jiao1 tong1 jing3 cha2 = a traffic policeman, constable, pointsman
detail  wai6 sang1 duk1 caat3  wei4 sheng1 du1 cha2 = health inspector
detail  hei3 jung4 gaau1 zing1 caat3 ji4  qi4 rong2 jiao1 zhen1 cha2 yi2 = aerosol detector
detail  duk1 caat3 siu2 zou2  du1 cha2 xiao3 zu3 = supervisory group
detail  fong4 bou6 ging2 caat3  fang2 bao4 jing3 cha2 = riot police; riot squad
detail  fuk1 se6 zing1 caat3  fu2 she4 zhen1 cha2 = radiation detection
detail  gun1 caat3 jan4 si6  guan1 cha2 ren2 shi4 = observers
detail  bat1 gok3 caat3  bu4 jue2 cha2 = unaware
detail  taam3 caat3  tan4 cha2 = probe
detail  juk6 ngaan5 gun1 caat3  rou4 yan3 guan1 cha2 = observation by naked eye
detail  zing1 caat3 bou6 deoi6*2   = reconnaissance unit
detail  on1 cyun4 ging2 caat3  an1 quan2 jing3 cha2 = security police
detail  zing1 caat3 gei1  zhen1 cha2 ji1 = reconnaissance plane
detail  caat3 gok3  cha2 jue2 = be conscious of; become aware of; perceive
detail  ging2 caat3 pin3*2  jing3 cha2 pian4 = police film ; cop movie
detail  ging2 caat3 guk6  jing3 cha2 ju2 = police station; police office
detail 便  bin6 ji1 ging2 caat3  bian4 yi1 jing3 cha2 = plain-clothes policeman
detail  gau2 caat3  jiu1 cha2 = to maintain public order
detail  ke4 maa5 ging2 caat3  qi2 ma3 jing3 cha2 = mounted police, mountie
detail  dung6 caat3  dong4 cha2 = to see clearly
detail  sing2 caat3  xing3 cha2 = to examine oneself; introspection
detail  caat3 hon3  cha2 kan4 = check; inspect
detail  zung1 gwok3 jan4 man4 mou5 zong1 ging2 caat3 bou6 deoi6*2  zhong1 guo2 ren2 min2 wu3 zhuang1 jing3 cha2 bu4 dui4 = People's Armed Police (PAP)
detail  jan4 kyun4 gun1 caat3  ren2 quan2 guan1 cha2 = Human Rights Watch (organization)
detail  ham1 caat3 gaa3 bun3 dou2  kan1 cha2 jia1 ban4 dao3 = Kamchatka peninsula
detail  jin6 coeng4 si6 caat3  xian4 chang2 shi4 cha2 = on-site inspection
detail  caat3 haa1 ji5 jau6 jik6 hau6 kei4  cha2 ha1 er3 you4 yi4 hou4 qi2 = Chaha'er youyi houqi (place in Inner Mongolia)
detail  caat3 haa1 ji5 jau6 jik6 zung1 kei4  cha2 ha1 er3 you4 yi4 zhong1 qi2 = Chaha'er youyi zhongqi (place in Inner Mongolia)
detail  caat3 jyu4  cha2 yu2 = Chayu (place in Tibet)
detail  gong1 caat3  gang1 cha2 = Gangcha (place in Qinghai)
detail  tau4 sou3 ging2 fong1 duk6 laap6 gaam1 caat3 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2   = Independent Police Complaints Council
detail  zeoi3 gou1 jan4 man4 gim2 caat3 jyun6*2   = Supreme People's Procuratorate
detail  zeoi3 gou1 gim2 caat3 jyun6*2 gung1 zok3 bou3 gou3   = the Supreme People's Procuratorate report
detail 貿  man4 gaan1 gaam1 caat3 sai3 mau6 lyun4 mang4   = Hong Kong People's Alliance on WTO
detail  hoeng1 gong2 fu6 zo6 ging2 caat3 deoi6*2   = Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force (HKAP)
detail  caat3 ngaa5  cha2 ya3 = Chaya (place in Tibet)

Showing all 4 examples containing 察
detail audio 警察拉咗
He was arrested by the police.
detail audio 國家政府一直監察最好自己小心
The government has been monitoring you all along - you had best be careful.
detail 政府打算警察出街巡邏
The government intends to increase the number of policemen on the beat.
[A typical Cantonese sentence uses more verbs than the English version.]
detail 示威者警察警察橡膠子彈
Protesters threw stones at the police, who responded with rubber bullets.
[Cantonese version has the two prepositional phrases placed before the two verbs; English version has the same placed after. ]

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