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《Vanished Name》 S1·E10 (34:08) HSK 5
liǎng wèi jǐng guān xiǎng chá shén me ya

两位警官想查什么呀

“What do you want to investigate, officers?”

《Vanished Name》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 34:08 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lù ba

录吧

“Go ahead.”

liǎng wèi jǐng guān xiǎng chá shén me ya CURRENT FOCUS

两位警官 想查什么 呀

“What do you want to investigate, officers?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ men xiàn zài huái yí yǒu rén mào yòng le nín de shēn fèn

“We suspect someone has been using your identity.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: INQUIRING INFORMATION
Tone: COOPERATIVE
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Why are you here, and am I in trouble?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Politeness Before Authority

Citizens in Chinese society generally use respectful titles and soft sentence-final particles when interacting with law enforcement to project compliance and goodwill.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #deference #probing #cooperation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
警官 SPOKEN CHUNK

police officer

A respectful, formal spoken title when addressing law enforcement personnel directly in Chinese.

两位 SPOKEN CHUNK

the two of you (polite)

Uses the polite measure word '位' to demonstrate proper social etiquette and respect when speaking to two people.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the interrogative sentence, preventing the question to law enforcement from sounding hostile or defensive.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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什么警察?要拿什么?
《百万人推理》
88% Match
什么警察?要拿什么?
shén me jǐng chá ? yào ná shén me ?

“The police? What do you mean?”

关键是那警察那是什么态度
《除恶》
88% Match
关键是那警察那是什么态度
guān jiàn shì nà jǐng chá nà shì shén me tài dù

“The point is that this police officer has a bad attitude.”

警察现在在查他
《低智商犯罪》
88% Match
警察现在在查他
jǐng chá xiàn zài zài chá tā

“The police are investigating him now.”

警察 找你问点事
《风过留痕》
88% Match
警察 找你问点事
jǐng chá zhǎo nǐ wèn diǎn shì

“Police. We have some questions for you.”

明知那个警察在调查我们的事
《黑夜告白》
88% Match
明知那个警察在调查我们的事
míng zhī nà ge jǐng chá zài diào chá wǒ men de shì

“She knew clearly that the cop was investigating us,”

发现警察在找这两个人
《叵测》
88% Match
发现警察在找这两个人
fā xiàn jǐng chá zài zhǎo zhè liǎng gè rén

“If those outside notice the police are looking for these two,”

警察真的是在查信用社的事
《叵测》
88% Match
警察真的是在查信用社的事
jǐng chá zhēn de shì zài chá xìn yòng shè de shì

“Once you confirm they're really investigating the credit union case,”

警察还来回找他们问话
《叵测》
88% Match
警察还来回找他们问话
jǐng chá hái lái huí zhǎo tā men wèn huà

“The police keep questioning them.”

可是警察来抓谁啊
《你好1983》
88% Match
可是警察来抓谁啊
kě shì jǐng chá lái zhuā shuí a

“But who are they coming to arrest?”

警察想查个手机
《低智商犯罪》
88% Match
警察想查个手机
jǐng chá xiǎng chá gè shǒu jī

“♪ Doubt ♪ It's easy for the police”

警察一定会查到
《方圆八百米》
88% Match
警察一定会查到
jǐng chá yí dìng huì chá dào

“The police will surely find out”

《Vanished Name》 S1·E10 (34:08) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus