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警察

jǐng chá

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

警察 (jǐng chá) means "police officer". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 警察 means

1. police; police officer

The characters in 警察

• 警jǐngto alert; to warn; police
• 察cháto examine; to inquire; to observe

Example sentences

• 警察！
  Police!
• 叫警察！
  Call the police!
• 叫警察。
  Please call the police.
• 是警察！
  It's the cops!
• 警察醉了。
  The policeman was drunk.
• 警察会来吗？
  Will the police come?

Words starting with 警察

• 警察局jǐng chá júpolice station; police department; police headquarters
• 警察署jǐng chá shǔpolice station
• 警察厅Jǐng chá tīngNational Police Agency (Japan)

Words containing 警察

• 人民警察rén mín jǐng chácivil police; PRC police
• 交通警察jiāo tōng jǐng chátraffic police
• 特种警察tè zhǒng jǐng cháSWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics); riot police
• 秘密警察mì mì jǐng chásecret police
• 边防警察biān fáng jǐng cháborder police
• 电子警察diàn zǐ jǐng chátraffic camera; speed camera; closed-circuit TV police surveillance
• 刑事警察xíng shì jǐng chácriminal police; member of the criminal police
• 刑事警察局Xíng shì Jǐng chá júCriminal Investigation Bureau
• 防暴警察fáng bào jǐng cháriot police; riot squad
• 便衣警察biàn yī jǐng cháplain-clothed policeman
• 香港警察Xiāng gǎng Jǐng cháHong Kong Police Force (since 1997)
• 皇家香港警察Huáng jiā Xiāng gǎng Jǐng cháRoyal Hong Kong Police Force (1969-1997)
• 中国人民武装警察部队Zhōng guó Rén mín Wǔ zhuāng Jǐng chá Bù duìChinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)
• 国际刑事警察组织Guó jì Xíng shì Jǐng chá Zǔ zhīInternational Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)

Where 警察 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Professions & roles (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jǐng chá correctly.
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