Chinese word

通缉

Pronunciation

Pinyintōng jī

Meaning

  • verbput on the wanted list

Example

警方已经通缉了那名嫌疑人。jǐng fāng yǐ jīng tōng jī le nà míng xián yí rén

The police have already put the suspect on the wanted list.

Illustration for 通缉 (put on the wanted list)

More examples

公安机关对重点嫌疑人通缉追捕。gōng ān jī guān duì zhòng diǎn xián yí rén tōng jī zhuī bǔ

Public security authorities have put the key suspect on the wanted list and pursued him.

Core concept

A public alert turns a suspected criminal into someone the authorities and the public are asked to find and arrest.

Common phrases

  • 警方通缉嫌疑人jǐng fāng tōng jī xián yí rén

    the police put the suspect on the wanted list

  • 对逃犯通缉duì táo fàn tōng jī

    put a fugitive on the wanted list

  • 被通缉追捕bèi tōng jī zhuī bǔ

    be wanted and pursued

Similar words

逮捕dài bǔ: Place a suspect under arrest and secure their custody.
追捕zhuī bǔ: Chase a fleeing person in order to capture them.
抓捕zhuā bǔ: Catch and restrain a person on the spot.
缉拿jī ná: Search systematically for a wanted person and arrest them.

Definition in Chinese

通过公告、通报等方式将涉嫌犯罪的人列为追缉对象，动员社会或有关部门寻找并抓捕。tōng guò gōng gào tōng bào děng fāng shì jiāng shè xián fàn zuì de rén liè wéi zhuī jī duì xiàng dòng yuán shè huì huò yǒu guān bù mén xún zhǎo bìng zhuā bǔ

Word origin

通缉 (tōngjī, "to put on the wanted list") combines 通 (tōng, "to make known") with 缉 (jī, "to pursue and capture"), linking public notice with the search for a suspect.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, this is mainly a police and news word for a suspect in a criminal case, not a neutral verb for finding a missing person or settling a civil dispute.

Other meanings

  • wanted noticenoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 通缉犯tōng jī fànwanted criminalnoun
  • 通缉令tōng jī lìngwanted noticenoun

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