警察 (jǐngchá): police; police officer

Measure Word

一位警察 wèi

Meanings

1 police; police officer

Characters

to examine; to inspect

Examples

HSK 1

警察来了。

Jǐngchá lái le.

The police are here.

HSK 2

他是一名警察。

Tā shì yī míng jǐngchá.

He is a police officer.

HSK 5

我要报警叫警察。

Wǒ yào bàojǐng jiào jǐngchá.

I'm going to call the police.

Tips

usage

报警 means 'to report to police / call the police.' The emergency number in China is 110 for police, 119 for fire, and 120 for ambulance.

Stroke Order

警 jǐng

察 chá

Related Words

警察局 jǐngchájú #2,884

police station / police department

警 jǐng #738

to warn; to alert / police; police officer / alarm; vigilance

观察 guānchá HSK 3 #2,039

to observe; to watch carefully / observation

警察署 jǐngcháshǔ #36,135

police station / police bureau

报警 bàojǐng HSK 5 #1,774

to report to the police; to call the police / to sound an alarm

警官 jǐngguān HSK 7-9 #1,007

police officer / constable

警方 jǐngfāng #1,370

the police / police (as an organization)

警员 jǐngyuán #4,133

police officer / constable

警徽 jǐnghuī #5,934

police badge / police emblem

警告 jǐnggào HSK 5 #1,374

to warn; to admonish / warning; caution