公安

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Chinese

just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
content; calm; still
content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
 
trad. (公安) 公 安
simp. #(公安) 公 安
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Noun

公安

  1. public security; police (in mainland China)
    公安機關／公安机关  ―  gōng'ān jīguān  ―  public security agency
    公安條例／公安条例 [Cantonese]  ―  gung1 on1 tiu4 lai6   ―  Public Order Ordinance (of Hong Kong)
  2. public security officer; police officer

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公安):

Others:

Proper noun

公安

  1. (～縣) Gong'an (a county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
  2. (～鎮) Gong'an (a town in Zhongshan, Hezhou, Guangxi, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公 安
こう
Grade: 2 		あん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

公(こう)安(あん) • (kōan) 

  1. public safety
  2. police officers responsible for matters of national security and counter-intelligence.

Proper noun

公(こう)安(あん) • (Kōan) 

  1. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau

Korean

Hanja in this term
公安

Noun

公安 • (gong'an) (hangeul 공안)

  1. hanja form? of 공안 (“PRC police; public safety”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公安

Noun

公安

  1. chữ Hán form of công an (“public security”).
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