警察

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Noun [edit]

警察 (hiragana けいさつ, romaji keisatsu)

  1. the police
    警察に逮捕される
    けいさつにたいほされる
    keisatsu ni taihosareru
    arrested by the police

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Korean [edit]

Hanja in this word

Noun [edit]

警察 (gyeongchal)

  1. Hanja form? of 경찰, “police”.

Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

警察 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin jǐngchá)

  1. police
  2. police officer

Usage notes [edit]

  • Whilst jǐngchá (警察) usually refers to the police and police officers outside China, the equivalent institution in the PRC is actually called gōng'ān (公安), literally, "public security".

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Min Nan [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Noun [edit]

警察 (traditional and simplified, POJ kíng-chhat)[[Category:Min Nan nouns in simplified script|]][[Category:Min Nan nouns in traditional script|]]

  1. police (still used in Taiwan)