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police (loanword) · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 波麗士; on the Mainland it is 警察 - both point at “police (loanword)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 波麗士、警察 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
警察 is HSK 3 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 波麗士 | 警察 |
| Reading | ㄅㄛ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˋ bō lì shì | jǐng chá ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄚˊ |
| Senses | police (loanword) | police; police officer |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 3 |
| MOE records | 波麗士 · 警察 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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