chá

Traditional: 察

#5173 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to examine, to observe (bound morpheme)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 察

Examples

The police are here.

He is a police officer.

Call the police.

guānzǎi

He observed very carefully.

After sensing the danger, he ran immediately.

察 (chá) means to examine or observe and shows up mostly in 警察 (jǐngchá), the standard word for police officer.

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This word is part of lesson 104.