警 jǐng
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 言 — words, speech
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
警犬
jǐngquǎn
police dog
Characters in this word
犬 quǎn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 犬 — dog
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 警犬在废墟中连续搜寻十多个小时，最终发现了被困者的踪迹。 Jǐngquǎn zài fèixū zhōng liánxù sōuxún shí duō gè xiǎoshí, zuìzhōng fāxiàn le bèikùnzhě de zōngjì. The police dog searched the ruins for more than ten hours and eventually found traces of the trapped person.
- 这只警犬闻了闻袋子，就找到了藏着的东西。 Zhè zhī jǐngquǎn wén le wén dàizi, jiù zhǎodào le cáng zhe de dōngxi. The police dog sniffed the bag and found the hidden item.
- 小朋友好奇地看着训练场上的警犬。 Xiǎopéngyou hàoqí de kàn zhe xùnliànchǎng shàng de jǐngquǎn. The little kid watched the police dog on the training ground with curiosity.
Related words
- 交警 jiāojǐng traffic police officer
- 警察 jǐngchá police officer
- 报警 bàojǐng to call the police
- 警告 jǐnggào to warn; warning
- 警报 jǐngbào alarm; alert; warning
- 警戒 jǐngjiè to guard against; to be on alert
- 警示 jǐngshì to warn; to caution
- 警惕 jǐngtì to be vigilant; to guard against
- 警钟 jǐngzhōng alarm bell; warning signal
- 预警 yùjǐng to give warning; early warning
- 拘留 jūliú to detain; detention
- 监狱 jiānyù prison