Chinese

Noun

警察

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

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• (police officer): 警官 (jǐngguān), 警員／警员 (jǐngyuán), 警察仔

Derived terms

See also

• 公安 (gōng'ān)

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) けいさつ [kèésátsú] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːsa̠t͡sɯᵝ]

Noun

警察 ‎(hiragana けいさつ, romaji keisatsu)

1. the police

   警察 (けいさつ)に逮捕 (たいほ)される

   keisatsu ni taiho sareru

   arrested by the police

Compounds

• 警察官 (けいさつかん) ‎(keisatsukan): policeman, policewoman
• 警察署 (けいさつしょ) ‎(keisatsusho): police station

Descendants

• Chinese: 警察
• Korean: 경찰 (gyeongchal)
• Vietnamese: cảnh sát

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

Korean

Noun

警察 • ‎(gyeongchal) ‎(hangeul 경찰)

1. Hanja form^? of 경찰, “police”.

Okinawan

Etymology

First used around the beginning of the Meiji period.^[1]

Noun

警察 ‎(hiragana きーさち, romaji kīsachi, hiragana ちーさち, romaji chīsachi)

1. police

References

1. ↑ 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”), 1963

Vietnamese

Noun

警察

1. Hán tự form of cảnh sát, “police”