警力 (jǐng lì) — police force, police manpower (the number or ca… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

police forcepolice manpower (the number or capacity of police officers)

Examples

警力。
Zhè ge chéng shì xū yào zēng jiā jǐng lì.
This city needs to increase its police force.
警力，。
Yóu yú jǐng lì bù zú, fàn zuì lǜ shàng shēng le.
Due to insufficient police manpower, the crime rate has risen.
警力。
Zhèng fǔ jué dìng tiáo pèi gèng duō jǐng lì dào biān jìng.
The government decided to deploy more police forces to the border.

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.

警 points to police and 力 to manpower, together giving police strength.

Characters in this word

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

Same sound today

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

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

力 is drawn as either an arm bending out from the side of the body or a wooden plough.

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