乘警 (chéng jǐng) — train police; police officer assigned to trains

Definition

noun
train policepolice officer assigned to trains
Measure word · 名

Examples

  • 乘警,。
    chéng jǐng Zài chē xiāng lǐ xún luó, què bǎo chéng kè ān quán.
    The train police patrol the carriages to ensure passenger safety.
  • 乘警。
    Yù dào jǐn jí qíng kuàng kě yǐ zhǎo chéng jǐng bāng máng.
    You can ask the train police for help in an emergency.
  • 乘警。
    Zhè wèi chéng jǐng yǐ jīng zài zhè tiáo xiàn lù shàng gōng zuò shí nián le.
    This train police officer has worked on this line 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.

乘chéngriding
警jǐngpolice

乘 (riding) + 警 (police) names police assigned to passenger trains.

Characters in this word

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

乘 was drawn as a person climbing a tree, with the feet visible.

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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
Same sound today

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

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