cảnh sát
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
- (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
- a police officer
Synonyms
- (police officer): phí lít (slang, dated)
Derived terms
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