警視

Chinese

		to alert; to warn; police	to look at; to regard; to inspect
trad. (警視)		警	視
simp. (警视)		警	视

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng-sī

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-sī
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefngsi
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si³³/

Noun

警視

(Taiwanese Hokkien) police superintendent (especially during the Japanese period)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
警	視
けい Grade: 6	し Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
警視 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けーし [kéꜜèshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ke̞ːɕi]

- Homophones: 兄姉, 刑屍, 京師, 家司, 恵賜, 桂芝, 桂枝, 経史, 経伺, 経始, 軽視, 継子, 継嗣, 罫紙, 瓊枝, 瓊姿

Noun

警(けい)視(し) • (keishi)

a superintendent (police rank)