粵

警ging2員jyun4

simp警员
ging2 jyun4jǐng yuán

English

  1. police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer)
  2. a police officer
  3. policeman; member of the police force
  4. police constable (lowest rank in mainland China and Hong Kong)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 警察隊伍嘅成員(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 大批警員到場調查。

    A large number of policemen arrived at the crime scene for investigation.

  • 现场有10名警员。

    There were ten police officers on the spot.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 群众妨碍了警员执行任务。

    The crowd obstructed the police in the discharge of their duties.

    Tatoeba · xiuqin CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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