局子

júzi

noun #22,587

Measure Word

一个局子 gè

Meanings

1 police station (colloquial)
2 the cops; the fuzz (slang)

Characters

bureau; office; situation

nominal suffix (no independent meaning here)

Examples

他被带去了局子。

Tā bèi dài qù le júzi.

He was taken to the police station.

别闹了，小心被送进局子。

Bié nào le, xiǎoxīn bèi sòng jìn júzi.

Stop causing trouble, or you'll end up in the police station.

Tips

register

局子 is colloquial/slang for 警察局 (police station). Common in spoken language and crime dramas but not used in formal writing.

Stroke Order

局 jú

子 zǐ