HSK 6 · Society

治安 zhì'ān “public order” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 治安 means

  1. public order
  2. law and order
  3. public security

How to say 治安

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale治zhì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale安ān1st tone, high and level

治安 in a sentence

  1. 这个地方的治安很好。

    Zhè ge dìfang de zhì'ān hěn hǎo.

    Public order in this area is very good.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 晚上这里的治安怎么样？

    Wǎnshang zhèlǐ de zhì'ān zěnmeyàng?

    What’s it like here at night in terms of safety?

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 治安 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 治 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
治zhìto rule
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 台platform · tāi
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.

How to write 治安

治 8 strokes · 安 6 strokes

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

Words related to 治安

Words with 治

治疗zhìliáo · to treat (an illness)政治zhèngzhì · politics防治fángzhì · to prevent and treat (disease)统治tǒngzhì · to rule治理zhìlǐ · to govern

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

More words: Society & Law

争端zhēngduān · dispute正义zhèngyì · justice争议zhēngyì · dispute侦探zhēntàn · detective制裁zhìcái · sanctions治理zhìlǐ · to govern殖民地zhímíndì · colony中立zhōnglì · neutral

FAQs

治安 (zhì’ān) means “public order” or “law and order”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhì’ān: zhì with a 4th tone, then ān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 治安 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 治安 from the suggestions. Typing zhian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
治安 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.