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警察

警察

Chinese

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

Noun

警察

  1. (uncountable) police
  2. (countable) police officer   (Classifier: ; )

Usage notes

  • Whilst 警察 usually refers to the police and police officers outside mainland China, the equivalent institution in the PRC is actually called 公安 (gōng'ān), literally, "public security".

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: 6
さつ
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

警察 (hiragana けいさつ, romaji keisatsu)

  1. the police
    警察 (けいさつ)逮捕 (たいほ)される
    keisatsu ni taiho sareru
    arrested by the police

Compounds

Descendants

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  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 978-4-14-011112-3
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

警察 (gyeongchal) (hangeul 경찰)

  1. Hanja form? of 경찰, “police”.

Okinawan

Etymology

First used around the beginning of the Meiji period.[1]

Noun

警察 (hiragana きーさち, romaji kīsachi, hiragana ちーさち, romaji chīsachi)

  1. police

References

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

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

警察

  1. Hán tự form of cảnh sát, “police