cảnh sát

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 警察, from Japanese 警察 (keisatsu, police)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kajŋ̟˧˩ saːt̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɛɲ˧˨ ʂaːk̚˦˧˥] ~ [kɛɲ˧˨ saːk̚˦˧˥] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kan˨˩˦ ʂaːk̚˦˥] ~ [kan˨˩˦ saːk̚˦˥] invalid IPA characters (][)

Noun

cảnh sát

  1. (chiefly law, as a branch of the law enforcement forces, rare in the common parlance outside of fixed compounds in Vietnam, commonly used to refer to the police elsewhere) the police
    cảnh sát giao thông
    the traffic police
  2. a police officer

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