Meaning of 交警
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- traffic police (abbr. for 交通警察[jiao1 tong1 jing3 cha2])
How to use 交警
交警 is the everyday word for traffic police, used in speech, news and on signs. You will hear it when people talk about fines, accidents or checkpoints. Example: 前面有交警，开慢点。 (Qiánmiàn yǒu jiāojǐng, kāi màn diǎn.) There are traffic police ahead, drive slower.
交警 is just the first character of 交通 (jiāotōng, traffic) plus the first character of 警察 (jǐngchá, police). Picture the officer who stands where roads 交 (cross) and keeps watch, 警.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 交察 or 通警 because they mix up which syllables get shortened. The correct form keeps 交 from 交通 and 警 from 警察. Also watch the tones: jiāo is first tone and jǐng is third tone.
交警 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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交 jiāo · to hand over · 6 strokes
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警 jǐng · to guard · 19 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 交警.
| 交给 | jiāo gěi | to give; to deliver; to hand over |
| 交通 | jiāotōng | to be connected; traffic |
| 交朋友 | jiāo péngyou | to make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb |
| 公交车 | gōngjiāochē | public transport vehicle; town bus |
| 警察 | jǐngchá | police; police officer |
| 交易 | jiāoyì | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal |
| 交流 | jiāoliú | to exchange; exchange |
| 交往 | jiāowǎng | to associate (with); to have contact (with) |
| 外交 | wàijiāo | diplomacy; diplomatic |
| 交费 | jiāofèi | to pay a fee |
| 交换 | jiāohuàn | to exchange; to swap |
| 外交官 | wàijiāoguān | diplomat |
Questions about 交警
What does 交警 mean?
交警 (jiāojǐng) means "traffic police (abbr. for 交通警察[jiao1 tong1 jing3 cha2])" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 交警?
交警 is made of 2 characters: 交 (6 strokes), 警 (19 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.
Is 交警 an HSK word?
Yes. 交警 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 交警 and 警察?
警察 (jǐngchá) means police in general. 交警 refers only to officers who handle traffic, such as directing cars, checking licenses and dealing with accidents.
How do I address a traffic officer in Chinese?
People usually say 警察同志 (jǐngchá tóngzhì) or simply 警官 (jǐngguān) when speaking to an officer directly. 交警 is mostly used to talk about them, not to call out to them.