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Definitions

  1. 1. short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[chá hā ěr]
  2. 2. to examine
  3. 3. to inquire
  4. 4. to observe
  5. 5. to inspect
  6. 6. to look into
  7. 7. obvious
  8. 8. clearly evident

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 8932531)

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Words Containing 察

香港警察
xiāng gǎng jǐng chá

Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997)

察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù

to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)

察合台
chá gě tái

Chagatai (died 1241), a son of Genghis Khan

察察
chá chá

clean

察察为明
chá chá wéi míng

keenly observant of trivial details

侦察员
zhēn chá yuán

detective

明察秋毫
míng chá qiū háo

lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius)

视察
shì chá

to inspect

洞察力
dòng chá lì

insight

考察
kǎo chá

to inspect

观察员
guān chá yuán

observer

盘察
pán chá

to interrogate

洞察
dòng chá

to see clearly

察哈尔
chá hā ěr

Chahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)

人民警察
rén mín jǐng chá

civil police

细察
xì chá

to observe carefully

检察院
jiǎn chá yuàn

prosecutor's office

美国国家侦察局
měi guó guó jiā zhēn chá jú

National Reconnaissance Office (of the United States)

观察力
guān chá lì

power of observation

刚察
gāng chá

Gangcha County (Tibetan: rkang tsha rdzong) in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[hǎi běi zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

防暴警察
fáng bào jǐng chá

riot police

观察家
guān chá jiā

observer

察哈尔右翼中旗
chá hā ěr yòu yì zhōng qí

Chahar Right Center banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia

明察
míng chá

to note clearly

水至清则无鱼,人至察则无徒
shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú

water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends (idiom)

警察厅
jǐng chá tīng

National Police Agency (Japan)

侦察兵
zhēn chá bīng

a scout

高尔察克
gāo ěr chá kè

Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian naval commander, head of anti-Bolshevik White forces

觉察
jué chá

to sense

辐射侦察
fú shè zhēn chá

radiation detection

最高人民检察院
zuì gāo rén mín jiǎn chá yuàn

PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office)

察访
chá fǎng

to make an investigative visit

信用观察
xìn yòng guān chá

credit watch

察验
chá yàn

to examine

监察部
jiān chá bù

Ministry of Supervision (MOS)

洞察一切
dòng chá yī qiè

to see everything clearly

察觉
chá jué

to sense

乌兰察布市
wū lán chá bù shì

Ulaanchab, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

勘察加半岛
kān chá jiā bàn dǎo

Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia

纠察
jiū chá

to maintain order

斯雷布雷尼察
sī léi bù léi ní chá

Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina

国际刑事警察组织
guó jì xíng shì jǐng chá zǔ zhī

International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)

警察署
jǐng chá shǔ

police station

明察暗访
míng chá àn fǎng

open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret

交通警察
jiāo tōng jǐng chá

traffic police

气溶胶侦察仪
qì róng jiāo zhēn chá yí

aerosol detector

秘密警察
mì mì jǐng chá

secret police

督察大队
dū chá dà duì

censorship brigade (PRC)

体察
tǐ chá

to experience

乌兰察布
wū lán chá bù

Ulaanchab, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

观察人士
guān chá rén shì

observer

察哈尔右翼后旗
chá hā ěr yòu yì hòu qí

Chahar Right Rear banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia

勘察加
kān chá jiā

Kamchatka (far eastern province of Russia)

刑事警察
xíng shì jǐng chá

criminal police

人权观察
rén quán guān chá

Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York-based non-governmental organization

察雅
chá yǎ

Zhag'yab county, Tibetan: Brag g-yab rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[chāng dū dì qū], Tibet

考察团
kǎo chá tuán

inspection team

察布查尔
chá bù chá ěr

Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[yī lí hā sà kè zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

堪察加柳莺
kān chá jiā liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) Kamchatka leaf warbler (Phylloscopus examinandus)

便衣警察
biàn yī jǐng chá

plain-clothed policeman

侦察性
zhēn chá xìng

investigatory

现场视察
xiàn chǎng shì chá

on-site inspection

监察局
jiān chá jú

inspection office

边防警察
biān fáng jǐng chá

border police

皇家香港警察
huáng jiā xiāng gǎng jǐng chá

Royal Hong Kong Police Force (1969-1997)

察隅
chá yú

Zayü county, Tibetan: Rdza yul rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[lín zhī dì qū], Tibet

检察
jiǎn chá

to inspect

电子警察
diàn zǐ jǐng chá

traffic camera

特种警察
tè zhǒng jǐng chá

SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics)

考察队
kǎo chá duì

investigation team

波德戈里察
bō dé gē lǐ chá

Podgorica, capital of Montenegro

失察
shī chá

to fail in observing or supervising

观察者
guān chá zhě

observer

察雅县
chá yǎ xiàn

Zhag'yab county, Tibetan: Brag g-yab rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[chāng dū dì qū], Tibet

省察
xǐng chá

to examine

检察官
jiǎn chá guān

public prosecutor

监察院
jiān chá yuàn

Control Yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan

暗察明访
àn chá míng fǎng

open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret

观察哨
guān chá shào

sentry post

刚察县
gāng chá xiàn

Gangcha County (Tibetan: rkang tsha rdzong) in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[hǎi běi zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

审察
shěn chá

to investigate

察看
chá kàn

to watch

警察局
jǐng chá jú

police station

监察人
jiān chá rén

supervisor

侦察
zhēn chá

to investigate a crime

督察小组
dū chá xiǎo zǔ

supervisory group

堪察加半岛
kān chá jiā bàn dǎo

Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia

中国人民武装警察部队
zhōng guó rén mín wǔ zhuāng jǐng chá bù duì

Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)

堪察加
kān chá jiā

Kamchatka (peninsula in far eastern Russia)

察隅县
chá yú xiàn

Zayü county, Tibetan: Rdza yul rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[lín zhī dì qū], Tibet

侦察机
zhēn chá jī

surveillance aircraft

康斯坦察
kāng sī tǎn chá

Constanta (city in Romania)

观察
guān chá

to observe; to watch; to survey

国家监察委员会
guó jiā jiān chá wěi yuán huì

National Supervision Commission of the PRC, anti-corruption agency established in 2018

肉眼观察
ròu yǎn guān chá

observation by naked eye

察布查尔县
chá bù chá ěr xiàn

Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[yī lí hā sà kè zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

勘察
kān chá

to reconnoiter

中共中央纪委监察部
zhōng gòng zhōng yāng jì wěi jiān chá bù

party discipline committee

监察
jiān chá

to supervise

晋察冀
jìn chá jì

Shanxi 山西[shān xī], Chahar 察哈爾|察哈尔[chá hā ěr] and Hebei 河北[hé běi] (three provinces of the Republic of China in the period 1912-1936)

刑事警察局
xíng shì jǐng chá jú

Criminal Investigation Bureau

督察
dū chá

to supervise

探察
tàn chá

to investigate; to observe; to scout; to seek out and examine; to explore

察言观色
chá yán guān sè

to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom)

察尔汗盐湖
chá ěr hán yán hú

Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai

察布查尔锡伯自治县
chá bù chá ěr xī bó zì zhì xiàn

Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[yī lí hā sà kè zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

察哈尔右翼前旗
chá hā ěr yòu yì qián qí

Chahar Right Front banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia

察纳
chá nà

to investigate and accept

警察
jǐng chá

police; police officer

考察船
kǎo chá chuán

survey ship