警察 jǐng chá police / police officer syn 警察局 jǐng chá jú police station / police department / police headquarters syn 收养 收養 shōu yǎng to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption syn 热狗 熱狗 rè gǒu hot dog (loanword) 巡警 xún jǐng police patrol / patrol officer / (old) police officer syn 猎犬 獵犬 liè quǎn hound / hunting dog syn 走狗 zǒu gǒu hunting dog / hound / (fig.) running dog / lackey syn 警力 jǐng lì police force / police officers syn 猎狗 獵狗 liè gǒu hunting dog syn 汪汪 wāng wāng gleaming with tears / woof woof (sound of a dog barking) / (literary) (of a body of water) broad and deep 狗肉 gǒu ròu dog meat 狗腿子 gǒu tuǐ zi dog's leg / fig. one who follows a villain / henchman / hired thug syn 哈巴狗 hǎ bā gǒu pekingese (dog) / (fig.) sycophant / lackey syn 爱犬 愛犬 ài quǎn beloved pet dog 狸猫 狸貓 lí māo leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet syn 民警 mín jǐng civil police / PRC police / abbr. for 人民警察 syn 野狗 yě gǒu wild dog / feral dog / stray dog 狗年 gǒu nián Year of the Dog (e.g. 2006) 干警 幹警 gàn jǐng police / police cadres 狼心狗肺 láng xīn gǒu fèi lit. heart of wolf and lungs of dog (idiom) / cruel and unscrupulous syn 人民警察 rén mín jǐng chá civil police / PRC police syn 哈士奇 hā shì qí husky (sled dog) 挂羊头卖狗肉 掛羊頭賣狗肉 guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue syn 长毛 長毛 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc) 警局 jǐng jú police department / police station / abbr. of 警察局 狗屎 gǒu shǐ canine excrement / dog poo / bullshit 狗日 gǒu rì lit. fucked or spawned by a dog / contemptible / lousy, fucking 流浪狗 liú làng gǒu stray dog 猪狗 豬狗 zhū gǒu pig-dog (intended as insult) / Schweinhund 狗粮 狗糧 gǒu liáng dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗|单身狗[dan1 shen1 gou3] forced to "eat" it) 吉娃娃 jí wá wa Chihuahua (dog) 导盲犬 導盲犬 dǎo máng quǎn guide dog (for the blind) / Seeing Eye dog 遛狗 liù gǒu to walk a dog 斑点狗 斑點狗 bān diǎn gǒu Dalmatian (dog breed) 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 打落水狗 dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down syn 六畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog syn 狗咬狗 gǒu yǎo gǒu dog-eat-dog / dogfight 巴哥 bā gē pug (breed of dog) 史奴比 shǐ nú bǐ Snoopy (comic strip pet dog) 鸡鸣狗盗 雞鳴狗盜 jī míng gǒu dào crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom) / bag of tricks / useful talents syn 狗 gǒu dog / CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] syn 哈 hā (interj.) ha! / (onom. for laughter) / (slang) to be infatuated with / to adore / (bound form) husky (dog) (abbr. for 哈士奇[ha1shi4qi2]) syn 犬 quǎn dog / Kangxi radical 94 syn 叼 diāo to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone) syn 史努比 shǐ nǔ bǐ Snoopy (comic strip pet dog) 拉布拉多 lā bù lā duō Labrador, Canada / Labrador (a breed of dog) 豺 chái dog-like animal / ravenous beast / dhole (Cuon Alpinus) / jackal 貉 hé raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also pr. [hao2] syn 狩 shòu to hunt / to go hunting (as winter sport in former times) / hunting dog / imperial tour 狗仗人势 狗仗人勢 gǒu zhàng rén shì a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom) / to use one's position to bully others syn 狗尾续貂 狗尾續貂 gǒu wěi xù diāo lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom) / fig. a worthless sequel to a masterpiece 戌 xū 11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300° 摇尾乞怜 搖尾乞憐 yáo wěi qǐ lián lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel syn 萨摩耶 薩摩耶 sà mó yé Samoyed (dog) 刑事警察 xíng shì jǐng chá criminal police / member of the criminal police 博美犬 bó měi quǎn Pomeranian (dog breed) 沙皮狗 shā pí gǒu Chinese shar-pei (dog breed) 松狮犬 鬆獅犬 sōng shī quǎn Chow Chow (dog breed) 貉子 háo zi raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also called 狸 syn 西施犬 xī shī quǎn shih tzu (dog breed) 柴犬 chái quǎn shiba inu (Japanese dog breed) 杜宾犬 杜賓犬 dù bīn quǎn Doberman (dog breed) 金毛犬 jīn máo quǎn golden retriever (dog breed) 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 探长 探長 tàn zhǎng (police) detective 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 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 