市检察院

市檢察院

shìjiǎncháyuàn

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

案件已经移交市检察院审查起诉。

Ànjiàn yǐjīng yíjiāo shìjiǎncháyuàn shěnchá qǐsù.

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

他在市检察院担任检察官。

Tā zài shìjiǎncháyuàn 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