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出警 (chū jǐng) — to dispatch police (to the scene of a crime, accident, etc.)

Definition

出警 (chū jǐng) is an institutional / public-safety term meaning police are sent out to a scene — used in formal news and official reports, not everyday speech.

verb
to dispatch police (to the scene of a crime, accident, etc.)

Examples

  • 出警。
    Jǐng chá chū jǐng fēi cháng xùn sù.
    The police responded very quickly.
  • 。
    Tā jīn tiān yǐ jīng chū le yí cì jǐng.
    He has already responded to one call today.
  • ，出警。
    Bào jǐng hòu shí fēn zhōng, jǐng fāng jiù chū jǐng le.
    Ten minutes after the alarm, the police had already been dispatched.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

出chūdispatch
警jǐngpolice

出 (dispatch) + 警 (police) means sending police out.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspoken language, speech
Sound part声符shēngfú
敬
敬jìng警
Same sound today

警 places 言 (speech) below 敬; 敬 gives the sound.

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Appears in
Crime & Police

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