市检察院

市檢察院

shì jiǎncháyuàn

noun

Meanings

1 municipal procuratorate (city-level office of the people's procuratorate, responsible for prosecution and legal supervision)

Characters

city, municipal

to check, examine

Examples

HSK 7-9

案件已经移交市检察院审查起诉。

Ànjiàn yǐjīng yíjiāo shì jiǎncháyuàn shěnchá qǐsù.

The case has been transferred to the municipal procuratorate for review and prosecution.

HSK 7-9

他在市检察院担任检察官。

Tā zài shì jiǎncháyuàn dānrèn jiǎncháguān.

He serves as a prosecutor at the municipal procuratorate.

Tips

culture

China's procuratorate system runs parallel to the courts: 最高人民检察院 → 省检察院 → 市检察院 → 区/县检察院. Unlike prosecutors in common-law countries, Chinese procurators also supervise legal activities of police, courts and prisons - a role inherited from the Soviet prokuratura model.

Stroke Order

市 shì

检 jiǎn

察 chá

院 yuàn