HSK 4 · Work

警察 jǐngchá “police” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 警察 means

  1. police
  2. police officer

How to say 警察

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale警jǐng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale察chá2nd tone, rising

警察 in a sentence

  1. 如果你迷路了，请向警察询问。

    Rúguǒ nǐ mílù le, qǐng xiàng jǐngchá xúnwèn.

    If you get lost, ask a police officer.

    Sentence #5909520 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 他将来想当警察。

    Tā jiānglái xiǎng dāng jǐngchá.

    He wants to be a police officer one day.

    Sentence #679826 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 警察正在检查他们的包。

    Jǐngchá zhèngzài jiǎnchá tāmen de bāo.

    The police are checking their bags.

    Sentence #389376 from Tatoeba

How 警察 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 警 (jǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
警jǐngto alert
  • 敬to respect · jìngSound part
  • 言speech · yánMeaning part

言 hints at the meaning (speech); 敬 (jìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jǐng.

The character 察 (chá) with each of its parts in a different colour
察cháto examine
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 祭to sacrifice to · jìSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 祭 (jì) hints at the sound. Compare it with chá.

How to write 警察

警 19 strokes · 察 14 strokes

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

Words related to 警察

Words with 警

警告jǐnggào · to warn警惕jǐngtì · to be vigilant报警bàojǐng · to call the police

Words with 察

观察guānchá · to observe考察kǎochá · to investigate

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FAQs

警察 (jǐngchá) means “police” or “police officer”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jǐngchá: jǐng with a 3rd tone, then chá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 警察 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingcha with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 警察 from the suggestions. Typing jingcha into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
警察 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.