警察

Chinese
to alert; to warn; police
 
examine; inquire; observe
examine; inquire; observe; inspect; look into; to examine
trad. (警察) 警 察
simp. #(警察) 警 察

Pronunciation

Noun

警察

  1. (uncountable) police; police force
    警察暴力  ―  jǐngchá bàolì  ―  police brutality
    警察用武力驅趕示威者。 [MSC, trad.]
    警察用武力驱赶示威者。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jǐngchá yòng wǔlì qūgǎn shìwēizhě. [Pinyin]
    The police cleared out the demonstrators by force.
    街上躺著個死人，這不警察剛到。 [MSC, trad.]
    街上躺着个死人，这不警察刚到。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jiē shang tǎngzhe gè sǐrén, zhè bù jǐngchá gāng dào. [Pinyin]
    A dead person is lying on the road, and the police has just arrived.
  2. (countable) police officer (Classifier: 名; 位)
    便衣警察  ―  biànyī jǐngchá  ―  plainclothes police officer

Usage notes

Synonyms
  • (police): 110 (yāoyāolíng)
  • (police officer): 警官 (jǐngguān), (obsolete) 巡警 (xúnjǐng)
Dialectal synonyms of 警察 (“police; police officer”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 警察, 警官, 警員
Mandarin Beijing 警察, 雷子 argot
Taiwan 警察
Tianjin 警察
Tangshan 警察
Cangzhou 民警
Baoding 警察
Shijiazhuang 警察
Chifeng 警察
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 警察
Harbin 警察
Shenyang 警察
Yantai (Muping) 警察
Qingdao 警察
Jinan 警察
Luoyang 警察
Wanrong 警察
Zhengzhou 警察
Xi'an 警察
Yinchuan 警察
Lanzhou 警察
Xining 警察
Ürümqi 警察
Wuhan 警察
Chengdu 警察
Chongqing 警察
Guiyang 警察, 警士 dated, 警士先生 dated face-to-face, 貓菜 dated nickname
Kunming 警察
Guilin 警察
Liuzhou 警察, 警伯 playful
Binyang (Nanjie) 警察, 走狗 argot
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 警察
Xuzhou 警察
Yangzhou 警察
Nanjing 警察
Hefei 警察
Nantong 警察
Malaysia 警察, 馬打
Singapore 警察, 馬打 dated
Dagudi (Maliba) 警察
Reshuitang (Longling) 警察
Mae Salong (Lancang) 警察
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 警察
Cantonese Guangzhou 警察, 差人, 差佬 male, 老二 dated
Hong Kong 警察, 差人, 阿Sir male, madam female, 差佬 male, slightly derogatory, 差婆 female, slightly derogatory, 警犬 derogatory, 狗 derogatory, 龜 derogatory, 老更 dated
Taishan 警察
Dongguan 阿Sir, 差佬
Qinzhou 警察, 差佬
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 警察, 公安
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 警察, 公安, 差佬
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 警察
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 馬打
Singapore (Guangfu) 馬打
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 公安, 綠衣, 警察
Móng Cái 警察, 公安
Gan Lichuan 警察
Hakka Meixian 警察
Yudu 警察
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 警察
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 警察
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 警察
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 巡查, 警察
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 警察
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 巡查
Huizhou Jixi 警察
Shexian 警察
Jin Taiyuan 警察
Xinzhou 警察, 小對子 dated
Linhe 警察
Jining 警察
Hohhot 警察
Zhangjiakou 警察
Handan 警察
Eastern Min Fuzhou 警察
Fuqing 警察
Matsu 警察
Southern Min Xiamen 警察, 馬打 dated, 烏跤 dated, derogatory
Quanzhou 警察
Zhangzhou 警察, 烏跤 dated, derogatory
Taipei 大人
Kaohsiung 警察
Yilan 警察
Changhua (Lukang) 警察
Taichung 巡查
Taichung (Wuqi) 警察
Tainan 大人, 賊頭 GT, derogatory
Hsinchu 警察
Kinmen 馬打
Penghu (Magong) 大人
Penang (Hokkien) 馬打
Singapore (Hokkien) 馬打, 大狗
Manila (Hokkien) 兵, 警察, 臭兵 derogatory
Guilin (Biyange) 警察
Chaozhou 警察
Shantou 警察
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 馬打
Singapore (Teochew) 馬打, 大狗, 大狗兄
Batam (Teochew) 馬打
Haikou 警察
Central Min Yanping (Wangtai) 警察
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 警察, 差佬
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 警察
Wu Shanghai 警察, 黑貓警長, 黑貓, 老貓
Shanghai (Chongming) 警察
Suzhou 警察
Danyang 警察
Ningbo 警察, 警察爛眼 derogatory
Wenzhou 警察
Jinhua 警察
Xiang Changsha 警察
Loudi 警察
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Zhuang: gingjcaz

Verb

警察

  1. (literary) to be vigilant; to be alert; to watch out
  2. (literary) to examine oneself critically; to examine one's thoughts and conduct
  3. (literary) to supervise; to monitor

Synonyms
  • (to supervise):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
警 察
けい
Grade: 6		 さつ
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

警(けい)察(さつ) • (keisatsu) 

  1. police
    警(けい)察(さつ)に逮(たい)捕(ほ)される。
    Keisatsu ni taiho sareru.
    Arrested by the police.
  2. Short for 警察署 (keisatsusho, “police station”).

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
警察

Noun

警察 • (gyeongchal) (hangeul 경찰)

  1. Hanja form? of 경찰 (“police”).

Okinawan
Kanji in this term
警 察
きー
Grade: 6		 さち
Grade: 4
Kanji in this term
警 察
ちー
Grade: 6		 さち
Grade: 4

Etymology

First used around the beginning of the Meiji period,[1] borrowed from Japanese 警察 (keisatsu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kiːsat͡ɕi~t͡ɕiːsat͡ɕi]

Noun

警(きー)察(さち) or 警(ちー)察(さち) (kīsachi or chīsachi) 

  1. police

References
  1. 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)‎, 1963

Further reading
  • “きーさち・ちーさち【警察】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
  • “キーサチ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
  • “チーサチ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
警察

Noun

警察

  1. chữ Hán form of cảnh sát (“police”).
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