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捕快
bǔ​kuài

constable

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
捕快 bǔ​kuài
constable
(in imperial China) a bailiff or constable responsible for catching criminals; a detective or agent of the court

Frequency

Written text
0.553 per million

Cross-References

Classifier

  • 个 gè
  • 位 wèi

Same as

  • 捕役 bǔ​yì
  • 捕人 bǔ​rén
  • 步快 bù​kuài

Synonym

  • 巡捕 xún​bǔ

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)