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 ·

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.

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