警署

Chinese

		to alert; to warn; police	office; bureau
trad. (警署)		警	署
simp. #(警署)		警	署

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² cyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngshǔ [Phonetic: jíngshǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-shu³
    • Yale: jǐng-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingshuu
    • Palladius: цзиншу (czinšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging² cyu⁵
    • Yale: gíng chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² qu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/

Noun

警署

1. (chiefly Hong Kong) police station
2. (chiefly Taiwan) police department

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 警察局 (“police station”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		警察局, 公安局 Mainland China
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	警察局, 警局
	Malaysia	警察局
	Singapore	警察局
Cantonese	Guangzhou	警察局, 警局
	Hong Kong	差館, 警署, 警局, 差局, 狗屋 derogatory
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	馬打寮
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	馬打寮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	馬打寮
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	警察局
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	警察局
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	警察局
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	警察局, 巡查局
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	警察局
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	巡查局
	Senai (Huiyang)	馬打寮
Southern Min	Tainan	警察局
	Penang (Hokkien)	balai
	Singapore (Hokkien)	馬打厝
	Manila (Hokkien)	兵局
	Puning	公安局
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	馬打寮
	Singapore (Teochew)	馬打厝