警察

Japanese

Kanji in this term
警	察

Noun

警察 (hiragana けいさつ, romaji keisatsu)

1. the police

   警察に逮捕される
   けいさつにたいほされる

   keisatsu ni taihosareru

   arrested by the police

Compounds

• 警察官 (けいさつかん, keisatsukan): policeman, policewoman
• 警察署 (けいさつしょ, keisatsusho): police station

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Korean

Hanja in this word
警	察

Noun

警察 (gyeongchal)

1. Hanja form^? of 경찰, “police”.

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
警察

Pronunciation

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Noun

警察 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin jǐngchá)

1. police
2. police officer

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• 警官 (2)

Derived terms

• 警察國家 (trad.), 警察国家 (simp.)
• 水警

See also

• 公安

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Min Nan

simpl. and trad.
警察

Noun

警察 (traditional and simplified, POJ kíng-chhat)[[Category:Min Nan nouns in simplified script|]][[Category:Min Nan nouns in traditional script|]]

1. police (still used in Taiwan)