预审

預審

yùshěn

verb #30,505

Meanings

1 to interrogate (a suspect) at the pre-trial stage
2 preliminary hearing
3 preliminary review/examination

Characters

in advance; preliminary

to examine; interrogate; try (a case)

Examples

警方对嫌疑人进行了预审。

Jǐngfāng duì xiányírén jìnxíng le yùshěn.

The police conducted a preliminary interrogation of the suspect.

项目还要通过预审才能立项。

Xiàngmù hái yào tōngguò yùshěn cáinéng lìxiàng.

The project still needs to pass a preliminary review before it can be approved.

Tips

usage

Two distinct senses: (1) legal — police questioning of a suspect before formal charges (see also 审讯 shěnxùn); (2) administrative — preliminary review of a project, plan or document before formal approval. Context disambiguates.

Stroke Order

预 yù

审 shěn