警察

		to alert; to warn; police	examine; inquire; observe examine; inquire; observe; inspect; look into; to examine
trad. (警察)		警	察
simp. #(警察)		警	察

警察

1. (uncountable) police; police force

   警察暴力  ―  jǐngchá bàolì  ―  police brutality

   警察用武力驅趕示威者。 [MSC, trad.]
   警察用武力驱赶示威者。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jǐngchá yòng wǔlì qūgǎn shìwēizhě. [Pinyin]

   The police cleared out the demonstrators by force.

   街上躺著個死人，這不警察剛到。 [MSC, trad.]
   街上躺着个死人，这不警察刚到。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jiē shang tǎngzhe gè sǐrén, zhè bù jǐngchá gāng dào. [Pinyin]

   A dead person is lying on the road, and the police has just arrived.

2. (countable) police officer (Classifier: 名; 位)

   便衣警察  ―  biànyī jǐngchá  ―  plainclothes police officer

• Whilst 警察 usually refers to the police and police officers outside mainland China, the equivalent institution in mainland China is officially known as 公安 (gōng'ān), literally, "public security".

• (police): 110 (yāoyāolíng)
• (police officer): 警官 (jǐngguān), (obsolete) 巡警 (xúnjǐng)

• → Zhuang: gingjcaz

警察

1. (literary) to be vigilant; to be alert; to watch out
2. (literary) to examine oneself critically; to examine one's thoughts and conduct
3. (literary) to supervise; to monitor

• (to be vigilant): 警戒 (jǐngjiè), 警覺／警觉 (jǐngjué), 警惕 (jǐngtì)
• (to examine oneself critically):

• (to supervise):

Kanji in this term
警	察
けい Grade: 6	さつ Grade: 4
on'yomi

• (Tokyo) けーさつ [kèésátsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːsa̠t͡sɨ]

警(けい)察(さつ) • (keisatsu) 

1. police

   警(けい)察(さつ)に逮(たい)捕(ほ)される。

   Keisatsu ni taiho sareru.

   Arrested by the police.

2. Short for 警察署 (keisatsusho, “police station”).

• 警(けい)察(さつ)官(かん) (keisatsukan, “police officer”)
• 警(けい)察(さつ)署(しょ) (keisatsusho, “police station”)
• 警(けい)察(さつ)庁(ちょう) (keisatsuchō, “National Police Agency”)

• → Okinawan: 警(きー)察(さち) (kīsachi); 警(ちー)察(さち) (chīsachi)
• → Yami: kisat

Hanja in this term
警	察

警察 • (gyeongchal) (hangeul 경찰)

1. hanja form^? of 경찰 (“police”)

Kanji in this term
警	察
きー Grade: 6	さち Grade: 4

Kanji in this term
警	察
ちー Grade: 6	さち Grade: 4

First used around the beginning of the Meiji period,^[1] borrowed from Japanese 警察 (keisatsu).

• IPA^(key): [kiːsat͡ɕi~t͡ɕiːsat͡ɕi]

警(きー)察(さち) or 警(ちー)察(さち) (kīsachi or chīsachi) 

1. police

• “きーさち・ちーさち【警察】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “キーサチ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
• “チーサチ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).^{(permanent dead link)}

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
警	察

警察

1. chữ Hán form of cảnh sát (“police”).