How To Say "Police Station" In Chinese?

Updated on December 27, 2022

Ever wondered how to say “police” or “police station” in Chinese? In this quick post, let me share how to say “police station” in Mandarin Chinese.

The common term to say police in Chinese is 警察 (jǐngchá). If you want to call police in China, you can say 叫警察 (Jiào jǐngchá, call the police).

Well, there are quite a few ways to refer to the term “police station” in Chinese language. Here are the two most common ways:

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警察局 (jǐngchá jú) is the municipal and county-level Public Security Bureau.

The 派出所 (pàichūsuǒ) is a subordinate organ of the 警察局 (that is, the municipal/county-level Public Security Bureau).

The difference is that the 派出所 is generally one level lower than the 警察局. The 警察局 is the controlling agency of 派出所.

派出所 is a branch of the 警察局. There are so many 派出所 under the jurisdiction of one 警察局.

警察局 shall be set up in a government at or above the county level (for example, in each of the different districts of Suzhou).

The 派出所 shall be set up in a township. For example, each district of Suzhou has multiple 派出所.

Obviously, 派出所 has a small jurisdiction area and is mainly responsible for relatively small affairs such as:

警察局 has a wide area and is responsible for major work such as:

Let me know if you have any questions. 🙂