警察 jǐng chá police / police officer syn 侦探 偵探 zhēn tàn detective / to do detective work syn 警察局 jǐng chá jú police station / police department / police headquarters syn 巡警 xún jǐng police patrol / patrol officer / (old) police officer syn 密探 mì tàn secret agent / detective / covert investigator syn 警力 jǐng lì police force / police officers syn 侦破 偵破 zhēn pò to investigate (as detective) / to solve (crime) / to uncover (a plot) / to sniff out / to break in and analyze / detective work / to scout syn 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil syn 侦察员 偵察員 zhēn chá yuán detective / investigator / scout / spy syn 民警 mín jǐng civil police / PRC police / abbr. for 人民警察 syn 干警 幹警 gàn jǐng police / police cadres 人民警察 rén mín jǐng chá civil police / PRC police syn 神探 shén tàn master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯[Fu2 er3 mo2 si1] or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] 警局 jǐng jú police department / police station / abbr. of 警察局 警探 jǐng tàn police detective syn 暗探 àn tàn secret agent / detective syn 刑事警察 xíng shì jǐng chá criminal police / member of the criminal police 警官 jǐng guān constable / police officer syn 警方 jǐng fāng police syn 报警 報警 bào jǐng to sound an alarm / to report sth to the police syn 公车 公車 gōng chē bus / abbr. for 公共汽車|公共汽车[gong1 gong4 qi4 che1] / car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc) / abbr. for 公務用車|公务用车[gong1 wu4 yong4 che1] 巡逻 巡邏 xún luó to patrol (police, army or navy) syn 特警 tè jǐng SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) / riot police / abbr. for 特種警察|特种警察[te4 zhong3 jing3 cha2] 警车 警車 jǐng chē police car 举报 舉報 jǔ bào to report (malefactors to the police) / to denounce syn 总监 總監 zǒng jiān head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration syn 刑警 xíng jǐng criminal police (abbr. for 刑事警察[xing2 shi4 jing3 cha2]) 传唤 傳喚 chuán huàn a summons (to the police) / subpoena syn 骑警 騎警 qí jǐng mounted police (on horse or motorbike) 克格勃 kè gé bó KGB (Soviet secret police) / member of the KGB syn 巡逻队 巡邏隊 xún luó duì (army, police) patrol 警戒线 警戒線 jǐng jiè xiàn police cordon / alert level 警犬 jǐng quǎn police dog 宪兵 憲兵 xiàn bīng military police 警棍 jǐng gùn police truncheon 交警 jiāo jǐng traffic police (abbr. for 交通警察[jiao1tong1 jing3cha2]) 警服 jǐng fú police uniform 局子 jú zi police station syn 出警 chū jǐng to dispatch police to the scene of crime, accident etc 军警 軍警 jūn jǐng the military and the police / military alert (announcing the approach of the enemy) 老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn 派出所 pài chū suǒ local police station syn 乘警 chéng jǐng police on trains / train marshal 宪兵队 憲兵隊 xiàn bīng duì military police corps 岗亭 崗亭 gǎng tíng sentry box / police box 警讯 警訊 jǐng xùn warning sign / police call 警民 jǐng mín the police and the community 公安局 gōng ān jú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) syn 飞虎队 飛虎隊 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit 警衔 警銜 jǐng xián police rank 锦衣卫 錦衣衛 jǐn yī wèi Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors 武警 wǔ jǐng armed police 交通警察 jiāo tōng jǐng chá traffic police 保安人员 保安人員 bǎo ān rén yuán security personnel / member of police force 武警部队 武警部隊 wǔ jǐng bù duì People's Armed Police 中国海关 中國海關 zhōng guó hǎi guān Chinese customs (i.e. border police) 电子警察 電子警察 diàn zǐ jǐng chá traffic camera / speed camera / closed-circuit TV police surveillance 钢叉 鋼叉 gāng chā pitchfork / garden fork / restraining pole (used by police) / military fork (of ancient times) 警 jǐng to alert / to warn / police syn 警徽 jǐng huī police badge 告密者 gào mì zhě tell-tale / informer (esp. to police) / whistleblower / grass 警察署 jǐng chá shǔ police station syn 交通警 jiāo tōng jǐng traffic police 岗楼 崗樓 gǎng lòu watchtower / observation tower / police booth 遉 zhēn spy, reconnoiter / detective 包探 bāo tàn detective (in former times) syn 探员 探員 tàn yuán detective / investigator / agent 探案 tàn àn (of a detective) to investigate a case 皇家骑警 皇家騎警 huáng jiā qí jǐng Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canadian federal and national police force / Mounties 部队和警察派遣国 troop / police contributing country / troop / police-contributor 科索沃警察部队 kē suǒ wò jǐng chá bù duì Kosovo Police Service / Kosovo Police Force 联合国警务司 聯合國警務司 lián hé guó jǐng wù sī United Nations Police Division / Police Division 警务司 警務司 jǐng wù sī United Nations Police Division / Police Division 利比里亚警察支助分队 利比里亞警察支助分隊 Liberian Police Support Unit / Police Support Unit 片警 piàn jǐng community police officer / police officer responsible for a particular neighborhood or community 从警 從警 cóng jǐng to work as a police officer / to engage in police work 防暴警察 fáng bào jǐng chá riot police / riot squad 中国人民武装警察部队 中國人民武裝警察部隊 zhōng guó rén mín wǔ zhuāng jǐng chá bù duì Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF) 国际刑事警察组织 國際刑事警察組織 guó jì xíng shì jǐng chá zǔ zhī International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) 皇家香港警察 huáng jiā xiāng gǎng jǐng chá Royal Hong Kong Police Force (1969-1997) 警察厅 警察廳 jǐng chá tīng National Police Agency (Japan) 香港警察 xiāng gǎng jǐng chá Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997) 皁 zào black / police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them 三仇 sān chóu animosity or resentment towards three groups (the bureaucrats, the wealthy, and the police) due to perceived abuse of power 内政部警政署 內政部警政署 nèi zhèng bù jǐng zhèng shǔ National Police Agency (Tw) 协管 協管 xié guǎn to assist in managing (e.g. traffic police or crowd control) / to steward 员警 員警 yuán jǐng police officer / policeman 国际刑警组织 國際刑警組織 guó jì xíng jǐng zǔ zhī Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) 欧洲刑警组织 歐洲刑警組織 ōu zhōu xíng jǐng zǔ zhī Europol (European Police Office) 武警战士 武警戰士 wǔ jǐng zhàn shì armed fighters / armed police / militia 炮儿局 炮兒局 pào r jú police station (Beijing slang) 特别任务连 特別任務連 tè bié rèn wu lián Special Duties Unit, Hong Kong special police 秘密警察 mì mì jǐng chá secret police 义警 義警 yì jǐng vigilante / volunteer (police) 警政署 jǐng zhèng shǔ National Police Agency (Taiwan) / abbr. for 內政部警政署|内政部警政署[Nei4 zheng4 bu4 Jing3 zheng4 shu3] 警民冲突 警民衝突 jǐng mín chōng tū a clash between the police and the people 警种 警種 jǐng zhǒng police classification / subdivision of policing activities (traffic, border guard, criminal etc) 边防警察 邊防警察 biān fáng jǐng chá border police 骑警队 騎警隊 qí jǐng duì mounted police detachment (on horse or motorbike) 