警長

Chinese

		to alert; to warn; police	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (警長)		警	長
simp. (警长)		警	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² zoeng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng-tiúⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngzhǎng [Phonetic: jíngzhǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-chang³
    • Yale: jǐng-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingjaang
    • Palladius: цзинчжан (czinčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging² zoeng²
    • Yale: gíng jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-tiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-tiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefngdviuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiũ⁴¹/

Noun

警長

1. (Hong Kong) police sergeant (second-highest junior police officer rank within Hong Kong Police Force)
2. (Macau) police chief (the entry level rank of Public Security Police commissioned officers)
3. sheriff
   • 2020 September 14, Voice of America (Chinese), 加利福尼亚州两位警察在巡逻车中遭到枪手伏击 (Two Police Officers in California Ambushed in Patrol Car by Gunman)‎^[1]:

     警長說，這兩位警員是在一個地鐵站外面坐在巡邏車裡時被槍擊的，他們能夠通過無線電尋求幫助。 [MSC, trad.]
     警长说，这两位警员是在一个地铁站外面坐在巡逻车里时被枪击的，他们能够通过无线电寻求帮助。 [MSC, simp.]

     Jǐngzhǎnɡ shuō, zhè liǎng wèi jǐngyuán shì zài yīge dìtiězhàn wàimiàn zuò zài xúnluóchē lǐ shí bèi qiāngjī de, tāmen nénggòu tōngguò wúxiàndiàn xúnqiú bāngzhù. [Pinyin]

     The sheriff said that the two police officers were shot in a patrol car outside of an underground railway station. They can seek for backup through radio.

Synonyms

• (in Hong Kong) 沙展 (saa1 zin2)
• (in Singapore) 警曹 (jǐngcáo)