HSK 6 · Society

公安局 gōng'ānjú “public security bureau” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 公安局 means

  1. public security bureau
  2. police station
  3. public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)

How to say 公安局

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale公gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale安ān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale局jú2nd tone, rising

公安局 in a sentence

  1. 他去公安局办了新的身份证。

    Tā qù gōng'ānjú bàn le xīn de shēnfènzhèng.

    He went to the public security bureau to get a new ID card.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我的护照丢了，得去公安局报案。

    Wǒ de hùzhào diū le, děi qù gōng'ānjú bào'àn.

    I’ve lost my passport, so I have to report it at the public security bureau.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 公安局 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 公 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
公gōngpublic
  • 八eight · bā
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidAn old explanation: share out 八 what is private 厶, and it becomes public.

The character 安 (ān) with each of its parts in a different colour
安āncalm; peaceful
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 女woman · nǚ

Memory aidA woman 女 under a roof 宀: safe, peaceful.

The character 局 (jú) with each of its parts in a different colour
局júnarrow
  • 尺part of the character
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 公安局

公 4 strokes · 安 6 strokes · 局 7 strokes

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公安局 (gōng'ānjú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 公安局 (gōng'ānjú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 公安局

Words with 公

公司gōngsī · company公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus公斤gōngjīn · kilogram公园gōngyuán · public park办公室bàngōngshì · office公里gōnglǐ · kilometre高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)公元gōngyuán · CE (Common Era)

Words with 安

安静ānjìng · quiet安排ānpái · to arrange安全ānquán · safe晚安wǎn'ān · good night安装ānzhuāng · to install不安bù'ān · uneasy平安píng'ān · safe and sound安慰ānwèi · to comfort安置ānzhì · to find a place for安宁ānníng · peaceful

Words with 局

邮局yóujú · post office布局bùjú · layout格局géjú · structure结局jiéjú · ending局部júbù · part局面júmiàn · situation局势júshì · situation (esp. political or military)局限júxiàn · to limit全局quánjú · overall situation

More words: Society & Law

复兴fùxīng · revival纲领gānglǐng · guiding principles革命gémìng · revolution个体gètǐ · individual共和国gònghéguó · republic公民gōngmín · citizen公证gōngzhèng · notarisation勾结gōujié · to collude with

FAQs

公安局 (gōng’ānjú) means “public security bureau” or “police station”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gōng’ānjú: gōng with a 1st tone, then ān with a 1st tone, then jú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 公安局 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gonganju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公安局 from the suggestions. Typing gonganju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公安局 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.