警察 jǐngchá▶ Policía

Stroke order

警察 is written in 33 strokes across 2 characters.

• 警 — 19 strokes
• 察 — 14 strokes

Example sentences

• 警察帮助了那个孩子。Jǐngchá bāngzhù le nàge háizi.The policeman helped that child.
• 他想当警察。Tā xiǎng dāng jǐngchá.He wants to be a policeman.

Related words

• 观察observación
• 报警llamar a la policía
• 考察Investigar
• 警告advertencia
• 警惕Estar vigilante

警察 is pronounced jǐngchá and means “Policía”. HSK 4 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 警察 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.