交警
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
交警 (jiāojǐng) · traffic police
交警 (jiāojǐng) means “traffic police”. It is written with 2 characters: 交 (to hand in) + 警 (to guard). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 交警 is built
The characters
交 jiāo · to hand in
What 交 is made of
- 六liù — six
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 亠tóu — lid
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: A person with crossed (intersecting) legs (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
警 jǐng · to guard
What 警 is made of
- 敬jìng — to respect
- 苟gǒu — careless
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 句jù — sentence
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 苟gǒu — careless
- 言yán — words
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 言 gives the meaning, 敬 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
路口有一个交警。Lùkǒu yǒu yī gè jiāojǐng.There is a traffic officer at the crossing.
你可以问交警。Nǐ kěyǐ wèn jiāojǐng.You can ask the traffic police.
Questions about 交警
What does 交警 mean?
交警 (jiāojǐng) means “traffic police”.
How do you pronounce 交警?
交警 is pronounced jiāojǐng.
Which HSK level is 交警?
交警 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 公交车gōngjiāochēbus
- 交给jiāogěito hand over to
- 交朋友jiāo péngyouto make friends
- 交通jiāotōngtraffic
- 交费jiāofèito pay a fee
- 交流jiāoliúto communicate
- 交往jiāowǎngto associate with
- 交易jiāoyìdeal
- 外交wàijiāodiplomacy
- 交换jiāohuànto exchange
Learn 交警 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 57: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.