差館

See also: 差馆

Chinese

		differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake	house; establishment
trad. (差館)		差	館
simp. (差馆)		差	馆

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai¹ gun²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai¹ gun²
    • Yale: chāai gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai¹ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai¹ gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ kuːn³⁵/

Noun

差館

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) police station (Classifier: 間／间 c)

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
Northeastern 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