警察
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
警察 (jǐngchá) · police
警察 (jǐngchá) means “police; police officer”. It is written with 2 characters: 警 (to guard) + 察 (to examine). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 警察 is built
The characters
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)
察 chá · to examine
What 察 is made of
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 祭jì — to sacrifice to
- ⺼ — meat
- 寸cùn — inch
- 示shì — altar
- 二 — two strokes
- 小xiǎo — small
Origin hint: 宀 gives the meaning, 祭 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他爸爸是警察。Tā bàba shì jǐngchá.His dad is a police officer.
有问题可以找警察。Yǒu wèntí kěyǐ zhǎo jǐngchá.If you have a problem, you can go to the police.
Questions about 警察
What does 警察 mean?
警察 (jǐngchá) means “police; police officer”.
How do you pronounce 警察?
警察 is pronounced jǐngchá.
Which HSK level is 警察?
警察 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 交警jiāojǐngtraffic police
- 报警bàojǐngto call the police
- 警告jǐnggàoto warn
- 警惕jǐngtìto be on guard
- 观察guāncháto observe
- 考察kǎocháto inspect
Learn 警察 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 95: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.