There were ten police officers on the spot.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
警员
police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer)
02
police constable (lowest rank in mainland China and Hong Kong)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 警员 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 警员 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The crowd obstructed the police in the discharge of their duties.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 警员.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 警员.
Directly before
- 名警员1
- 了警员1
Directly after
- 警员执行1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 警员
What does 警员 mean in Chinese?
警员 (jǐngyuán) means police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer).
How do you pronounce 警员?
警员 is pronounced jǐngyuán.
Is 警员 an HSK word?
警员 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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