公安

Chinese

 
just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
simp. and trad.
(公安)

Pronunciation


Noun

公安

  1. public security; police (in mainland China)

Usage notes

  • Whilst 公安 refers to the PRC's own type of police force, equivalent institutions outside of mainland China are usually referred to as 警察 (jǐngchá).

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公安):

Others:

Proper noun

公安

  1. () Gong'an (a county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
あん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

公安 (hiragana こうあん, rōmaji kōan)

  1. public safety
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.