女警 (nǚ jǐng) — woman police officer; female police officer

Definition

A compound of 女 'woman' and 警 'police'. Use for a female police officer. Pair with the polite measure word 位, like other people-nouns at this level.

noun

woman police officerfemale police officer

Measure word · 位

Examples

女警。
Tā shì yì míng yōu xiù de nǚ jǐng.
She is an excellent female police officer.
女警。
Nà wèi nǚ jǐng zhèng zài jiē shàng xún luó.
That female police officer is patrolling the street.
女警。
Yí wèi nǚ jǐng bāng zhù le wǒ.
A female police officer helped me.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

女nǚfemale

警jǐngpolice officer

“女” specifies the gender of the “警” (police officer).

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

女 shows a woman with folded arms, kneeling or standing. In the modern form the figure faces right, and the small enclosed part is what is left of one arm.

Open 女 →

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

敬言警

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.

Open 警 →

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