武警

wǔjǐng

noun

Meanings

1 the People's Armed Police
2 armed police officer

Characters

military; armed

Examples

HSK 6

他高中毕业后参军，当了三年武警。

Tā gāozhōng bìyè hòu cānjūn, dāng le sān nián wǔjǐng.

After high school he enlisted and served three years in the armed police.

HSK 7-9

大使馆门口有武警站岗。

Dàshǐguǎn ménkǒu yǒu wǔjǐng zhàngǎng.

Armed police stand guard at the embassy gate.

Tips

usage

Short for 中国人民武装警察部队, a paramilitary force that is part of the armed forces: it guards key sites and handles riots, disasters and other emergencies. It is not the ordinary police, who are 民警, or the traffic police, 交警.

Stroke Order

武 wǔ

警 jǐng