ke4 ging2騎警骑警
Jyutpingke4 ging2
Yalekèh gíng
Definition
Mounted police; police officers who patrol on horseback.
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How it's used
This term is almost exclusively used when referring to foreign law enforcement agencies, particularly the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It is not a standard role within the Hong Kong Police Force, so it carries a slightly exotic or international connotation for local speakers. When describing local police on patrol, other terms like 巡警 are used instead.
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There is a team of mounted police patrolling over there.
Have you ever seen the Canadian mounted police?
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Common phrases
Royal Mounted Police
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
