警察署 (jǐng chá shǔ) — police station

Definition

noun
police station
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 警察署。
    Wǒ zuó tiān qù jǐng chá shǔ bào àn le.
    I went to the police station to report a case yesterday.
  • 警察署。
    jǐng chá shǔ Mén kǒu zhàn zhe hěn duō jì zhě.
    Many journalists are standing at the police station entrance.
  • 警察署。
    Tā zài zhè jiā jǐng chá shǔ gōng zuò le shí nián.
    He has worked at this police station for ten years.

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.

警察police
警jǐngalert察cháinvestigate
联合Side by side
署shǔoffice

警察 gives the idea of police, and 署 gives the idea of an office, so it names a police station.

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.

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 →

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
祭
祭jì察chá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape 察 combines 宀, a roof, with 祭 as the sound part.

Open 察 →

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
罒Written in full as网wǎngnet
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě署shǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

署 shows a net 罒 for its meaning, and uses 者 to give its sound.

Open 署 →

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