交警 (jiāo jǐng) — traffic police
Definition
Traffic police — the police who direct traffic and manage roads. 警察 is the general word for any police officer; 交警 is the specific subset working on streets and intersections.
noun
traffic police
Measure word · 位
Examples
- ，交警。Wǒ bù zhī dào zěn me qù, qù wèn le yí gè jiāo jǐng.I didn't know how to get there, so I asked a traffic police officer.
- 交警。jiāo jǐng Zài lù kǒu bāng zhù rén men guò mǎ lù.The traffic police are helping people cross the street at the intersection.
- ，交警。Zǎo shàng qī diǎn, jiāo jǐng yǐ jīng kāi shǐ gōng zuò le.At seven in the morning, the traffic police have already started working.
Origin
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