警察

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 警 (けい)察 (さつ) (keisatsu, “police”)

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".

• 公安 (gōng'ān)

Attestable since at least the Tang dynasty.

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

• (be vigilant): 警戒 (jǐngjiè), 警覺／警觉 (jǐngjué), 警惕 (jǐngtì)
• (examine oneself critically): 省察 (xǐngchá)
• (supervise): 監察／监察 (jiānchá)

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) けーさつ [kèésátsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ke̞ːsa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

警察 (hiragana けいさつ, rōmaji keisatsu)

1. police

   警察 (けいさつ)に逮捕 (たいほ)される。

   Keisatsu ni taiho sareru.

   Arrested by the police.

• 警察官 (けいさつかん) (keisatsukan, “police officer”)
• 警察署 (けいさつしょ) (keisatsusho, “police station”)
• 警察庁 (けいさつちょう) (keisatsuchō, “National Police Agency”)

• → Chinese: 警察 (jǐngchá)
• → Korean: 경찰 (gyeongchal)
• → Okinawan: 警察 (kīsachi, chīsachi)
• → Vietnamese: cảnh sát

警察 • (gyeongchal) (hangeul 경찰)

1. Hanja form^? of 경찰 (“police”).

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

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

1. police

警察

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