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(jǐng guān) - police officer in Mandarin

jǐngguān

Traditional: 警官

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Translation

police officer

Word origin

警官 means police officer. 警 (jǐng) means to warn or be alert (言 'speech' under the phonetic 敬). 官 (guān) is an official, written with the 宀 'roof' radical over a component once depicting a building of office.

Origin
compound
Root
警 (jǐng, to warn) + 官 (guān, official)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 警

Stroke order for 官

Examples

He is a police officer.

Excuse me officer, which way?

The officer is investigating this case.

That officer is very responsible.

The officer asked me to answer a few questions.

警官 (jǐng guān) means police officer.

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This word is part of lesson 20.