差館
See also: 差馆
Chinese
differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake |
house; establishment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (差館) | 差 | 館 | |
| simp. (差馆) | 差 | 馆 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caai1 gun2
- Yale: chāai gún
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai1 gun2
- Guangdong Romanization: cai1 gun2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ kuːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
差館
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) police station (Classifier: 間／间 c)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 警察局 (“police station”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 警察局, 公安局 Mainland China | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 警察局, 警局 |
| Malaysia | 警察局 | |
| Singapore | 警察局 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 警察局, 警局 |
| Hong Kong | 差館, 警署, 警局, 差局, 狗屋 derogatory | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 馬打寮 | |
| Penang (Guangfu) | 馬打寮 | |
| Ipoh (Guangfu) | 馬打寮 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 馬打寮 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 警察局 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 警察局 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 警察局 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 警察局, 巡查局 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 警察局 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 巡查局 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 馬打寮 | |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 警察局 |
| Penang (Hokkien) | balai, 馬打厝 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 馬打厝 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 兵局, 警察局 | |
| Puning | 公安局 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 馬打寮, 馬打厝 | |
| Penang (Teochew) | 馬打厝 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 馬打厝 | |