警察

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

警察

  1. (uncountable) police; police force
    警察暴力   jǐngchá bàolì   police brutality
    警察武力驅趕示威者 [MSC, trad.]
    警察武力驱赶示威者 [MSC, simp.]
    Jǐngchá yòng wǔlì qūgǎn shìwēizhě. [Pinyin]
    The police cleared out the demonstrators by force.
    街上死人這不警察 [MSC, trad.]
    街上死人这不警察 [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: ; )
    便衣警察   biànyī jǐngchá   plainclothes police officer

Usage notes

Synonyms

  • (police): 110 (yāoyāolíng)
  • (police officer): 警官 (jǐngguān), (obsolete) 巡警 (xúnjǐng)

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
けい
Grade: 6
さつ
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(けい)(さつ) (keisatsu) 

  1. police
    (けい)(さつ)(たい)()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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

警察 (gyeongchal) (hangeul 경찰)

  1. Hanja form? of 경찰 (police).

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
きー
Grade: 6
さち
Grade: 4
Kanji in this term
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

警察 (hiragana きーさち, rōmaji kīsachi, alternative reading ちーさち, rōmaji 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.
  • 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”), 1963
  • 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”), 1963

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Noun

警察

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