警察 (ging2 caat3 | jing3 cha2) : the police

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警察

ging2 caat3

jing3 cha2

the police

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 6,370,000

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

警察

This word has been viewed 6386 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 15th Mar 2009 04:02

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Characters in this word:

警 ging2 - guard; watch; alert; police
察 caat3 - investigate; examine

15 compounds containing this word:

交通警察 - a traffic policeman, constable, pointsman
防暴警察 - riot police; riot squad
安全警察 - security police
警察片 - police film ; cop movie
警察局 - police station; police office
便衣警察 - plain-clothes policeman
騎馬警察 - mounted police, mountie
中國人民武裝警察部隊 - People's Armed Police (PAP)
香港輔助警察隊 - Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force (HKAP)
Common Formations:
秘密警察 - secret police
保安警察 - security police
警察宿舍 - Police Living Quarters (lit., "police dormitory")
國際刑事警察組織 - International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
皇家香港警察 - Royal Hong Kong Police Force (1969-1997)
香港警察 - Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997, previously 皇家香港警察)

Showing all 3 examples containing 警察

佢俾警察拉咗去。粵
He was arrested by the police.

政府打算加派警察出街巡邏。粵
The government intends to increase the number of policemen on the beat.
[A typical Cantonese sentence uses more verbs than the English version.]

示威者向警察掟石﹐而警察用橡膠子彈回敬。粵
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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