察 (chá) means Observe (examine). Below are 21 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
警 察 在附近巡逻。
Jǐngchá zài fùjìn xúnluó.
The police are patrolling nearby.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 巡逻
医生要再观 察 两天。
Yīshēng yào zài guānchá liǎng tiān.
The doctor wants to observe for two more days.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 观察
他有敏锐的观 察 力。
Tā yǒu mǐnruì de guānchá lì.
He has keen powers of observation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 敏锐
警 察 正在调查这件事。
Jǐngchá zhèngzài diàochá zhè jiàn shì.
The police are investigating this matter.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 调查
他仔细观 察 着这只鸟。
Tā zǐxì guānchá zhe zhè zhī niǎo.
He is watching this bird closely.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 观察
警 察 很快赶到了现场。
Jǐngchá hěn kuài gǎndào le xiànchǎng.
The police soon arrived at the scene.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 现场
警 察 正在路口指挥交通。
Jǐngchá zhèngzài lùkǒu zhǐhuī jiāotōng.
A police officer is directing traffic at the crossroads.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 警察
有问题可以找警 察 帮忙。
Yǒu wèntí kěyǐ zhǎo jǐngchá bāngmáng.
If there is a problem you can ask the police for help.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 警察
警 察 在山里搜索了一天。
Jǐngchá zài shān lǐ sōusuǒ le yì tiān.
The police searched the mountain for a day.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 搜索
病人需要隔离观 察 一周。
Bìngrén xūyào gélí guānchá yì zhōu.
The patient needs a week of isolation and observation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 隔离
警 察 很快抓住了那个贼。
Jǐngchá hěn kuài zhuāzhù le nàge zéi.
The police soon caught the thief.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贼
警 察 检查了现场的子弹。
Jǐngchá jiǎnchá le xiànchǎng de zǐdàn.
The police examined the bullets at the scene.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 子弹
警 察 很快抓住了那名歹徒。
Jǐngchá hěn kuài zhuāzhù le nà míng dǎitú.
The police soon caught the criminal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 歹徒
公司要考 察 他半年再决定。
Gōngsī yào kǎochá tā bàn nián zài juédìng.
The company will assess him for six months before deciding.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 考察
他们在显微镜下观 察 细胞。
Tāmen zài xiǎnwēijìng xià guānchá xìbāo.
They observed the cells under a microscope.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 细胞
他们躲在隐蔽的地方观 察 。
Tāmen duǒ zài yǐnbì de dìfang guānchá.
They hid in a concealed spot and watched.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 隐蔽
专家到现场进行了实地考 察 。
Zhuānjiā dào xiànchǎng jìnxíng le shídì kǎochá.
The experts made an on-site inspection.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 考察
明智的做法是先观 察 再行动。
Míngzhì de zuòfǎ shì xiān guānchá zài xíngdòng.
The wise course is to observe first and act later.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 明智
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From the travel phrasebook
请帮我叫警 察 。
Qǐng bāng wǒ jiào jǐngchá.
Please call the police.
Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies
Words that contain 察
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 察
How is 察 used in a sentence?
This page shows 21 sentences using 察 (chá, "Observe (examine)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 察 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 察 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 察?
The dictionary page for 察 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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