ging2 jyun4警員警员
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Yalegíng yùhn
Definition
Police officer; a member of the police force.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to an individual member of the police force, functioning as a formal job title or designation. While 警察 is often used as a general term for the police as an institution or a collective group, 警員 emphasizes the person as an individual agent. It is the standard term used in news reports and official communications to describe officers on duty.
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That police officer is very polite.
Did you see any police officers patrolling over there?
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Common phrases
uniformed police officer
plainclothes police officer
Common mistake
Avoid using 警員 to refer to the police force as a whole, as it is a countable noun for a single person. Use 警察 or 警方 when talking about the department or the organization.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
