How to Say ‘Call the police’ in Traditional Chinese
叫警察
jiào jǐng chá
[jiào jǐngchá]
💬 Usage Tip: 叫 (jiào) here means "call for" someone to come; swap in 計程車 (jì chéng chē) "taxi" for 叫計程車 "call a taxi".
Phrase Breakdown
叫
jiào
[jiào]
to call; to summon
Verb meaning to call for someone to come, like a taxi or police.
幫我叫一台計程車。
Call a taxi for me.
警察
jǐng chá
[jǐngchá]
police
A police officer or the police in general.
警察來了。
The police have arrived.
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