警察局

Chinese

		police; police force; police officer	situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office
trad. (警察局)		警察	局
simp. #(警察局)		警察	局

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngchájú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄐㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² caat³ guk^6-2, ging² caat³ guk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kín-chhat-khiu̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng-chhat-kio̍k / kèng-chhat-kio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngchájú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄐㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngchájyú
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-chʻa²-chü²
    • Yale: jǐng-chá-jyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingcharjyu
    • Palladius: цзинчацзюй (czinčaczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging² caat³ guk^6-2, ging² caat³ guk⁶
    • Yale: gíng chaat gúk, gíng chaat guhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² tsaat⁸ guk^9-2, ging² tsaat⁸ guk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² cad³ gug^6-2, ging² cad³ gug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʰaːt̚³ kʊk̚²⁻³⁵/, /kɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʰaːt̚³ kʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kín-chhat-khiu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin` cad` kiug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin³ cad⁵ kiug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kin³¹ t͡sʰat̚² kʰi̯uk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-chhat-kio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-tshat-kio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefngzhatkiok
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁴ kiɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁴ kiɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-chhat-kio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kìng-tshat-kio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keangzhatkiok
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁴ kiɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁴ kiɔk̚⁴/

Noun

警察局

1. police station

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 警察局 (“police station”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		警察局, 公安局 Mainland China
Mandarin	Taiwan	警察局, 警局
	Malaysia	警察局
	Singapore	警察局
Cantonese	Guangzhou	警察局, 警局
	Hong Kong	差館, 警署, 警局, 差局, 狗屋 derogatory
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	馬打寮
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	馬打寮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	馬打寮
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	警察局
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	警察局
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	警察局
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	警察局, 巡查局
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	警察局
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	巡查局
	Senai (Huiyang)	馬打寮
Southern Min	Tainan	警察局
	Penang (Hokkien)	balai
	Singapore (Hokkien)	馬打厝
	Manila (Hokkien)	兵局
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	馬打寮
	Singapore (Teochew)	馬打厝

Further reading

• “Entry #13071”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.