提审

提審

tíshěn

verb #33,437

Meanings

1 to bring (a suspect) up for interrogation
2 to commit (someone) for trial
3 (of a higher court) to take over a case for review

Characters

to lift; to bring up; to mention

to interrogate; to examine; to try (a case)

Examples

警方明天将提审嫌疑人。

Jǐngfāng míngtiān jiāng tíshěn xiányírén.

The police will bring the suspect in for questioning tomorrow.

高级法院决定提审此案。

Gāojí fǎyuàn juédìng tíshěn cǐ àn.

The higher court decided to take over this case for review.

Tips

usage

提审 has two distinct legal meanings: (1) bringing a detained person from the holding cell to the interrogation room or courtroom, and (2) a higher court withdrawing a case from a lower court to retry it itself. Context disambiguates.

register

Formal legal/police register. In TV crime dramas, you'll hear 提审犯人 (tíshěn fànrén) — 'bring the prisoner up for questioning'.

Stroke Order

提 tí

审 shěn