差人

Chinese

Etymology 1
to send; messenger; mission man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(差人)		 差 人

Pronunciation

Verb

差人

  1. (literary) to send someone; to dispatch someone

Noun

差人

  1. bailiff in a yamen
  2. (Cantonese) police officer
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 警察 (“police; police officer”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 警察、警官、警員
Mandarin Beijing 警察、雷子 argot
Taiwan 警察
Harbin 警察
Jinan 警察
Muping 警察
Luoyang 警察
Jiedian 警察
Xi'an 警察
Xuzhou 警察
Ürümqi 警察
Wuhan 警察
Chengdu 警察
Guiyang 警察、警士 dated、警士先生 dated face-to-face、貓菜 dated nickname
Liuzhou 警察、警伯 playful
Nanjing 警察
Malaysia 馬打
Singapore 馬打
Cantonese Guangzhou 警察、差人、差佬 male
Hong Kong 警察、差人、阿Sir male、差佬 male
Taishan 警察
Dongguan 阿Sir、差佬
Kuala Lumpur 馬打
Gan Lichuan 警察
Hakka Meixian 警察
Yudu 警察
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 警察
Liudui (S. Sixian) 警察
Hsinchu (Hailu) 警察
Dongshi (Dabu) 巡查、警察
Hsinchu (Raoping) 警察
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 巡查
Huizhou Jixi 警察
Jin Taiyuan 警察
Xinzhou 警察、小對子 dated
Min Dong Fuzhou 警察
Fuqing 警察
Matsu 警察
Min Nan Xiamen 警察、烏跤 dated
Quanzhou 警察
Zhangzhou 警察、烏跤 dated
Taipei 大人
Kaohsiung 警察
Tainan 大人
Taichung 巡查
Wuqi 警察
Hsinchu 警察
Lukang 警察
Yilan 警察
Magong 大人
Penang 馬打
Singapore 馬打、大狗
Philippines (Manila) 警察
Haikou 警察
Pinghua Nanning 警察
Wu Shanghai 警察、黑貓警長、黑貓、老貓
Suzhou 警察
Wenzhou 警察
Chongming 警察
Danyang 警察
Jinhua 警察
Xiang Changsha 警察
Loudi 警察
Hyponyms
  • (police officer): 差佬, 差婆

Etymology 2
to differ from; short of; to lack man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(差人)		 差 人

Pronunciation

Noun

差人

  1. strange person; eccentric
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