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How to Say ‘Please call the police’ in Traditional Chinese

請幫我叫警察

qǐng bāng wǒ jiào jǐng chá

[qǐng bahng wo jiào jǐngchá]

💬 Usage Tip: 請幫我 (qǐng bāng wǒ) "please help me" before any action makes a polite request: 請幫我拍照 "please take a photo for me".

Phrase Breakdown

請幫我

qǐng bāng wǒ

please help me

A polite request for help: 'qǐng bāng wǒ'.

Example

請幫我開門。

Please open the door for me.

Words in this phrase

請

qǐng

[qǐng]

please

Used to make polite requests.

Example

請問你要喝什麼?

May I ask what you would like to drink?

幫

bāng

[bahng]

help; assist

A common verb meaning to help or assist someone. It is often used when supporting a person or team.

Example

我們要大聲一點,幫球隊加油。

We need to be louder and help cheer for the team.

我

wǒ

[wo]

I; me

The first-person pronoun used to talk about yourself.

Example

我想多了解你們公司的制度,所以先自我介紹。

I want to learn more about your company’s system, so I’ll introduce myself first.

叫警察

jiào jǐng chá

call the police

叫 means 'to call for', and 警察 means 'police': 'jiào jǐng chá'.

Example

快叫警察!

Call the police, quickly!

Words in this phrase

叫

jiào

[jiào]

to call; to summon

Verb meaning to call for someone to come, like a taxi or police.

Example

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.

Example

警察來了。

The police have arrived.

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