特勤

特勤

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tèqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ kan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tèqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehchyn
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak⁶ kan⁴
    • Yale: dahk kàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ kan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ ken⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² kʰɐn²¹/

Etymology 1

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	diligent; frequent
simp. and trad. (特勤)		特	勤

Noun

特勤

1. special duty (e.g. extra security or traffic control on special occasions)​
2. person on special duty

Derived terms

特勤員／特勤员

特勤局

Etymology 2

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (特勤)		特	勤

Borrowed from a Turkic language; compare Old Turkic 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤‎ (tegin, “kagan’s offspring, successors of the throne”), Turkish Tigin, Tegin.

Related to the last two syllables of 孛兒只斤／孛儿只斤 (Bó'érzhǐjīn), which are derived from the Mongolian form of the same word.

Noun

特勤

1. (historical) prince in the Turkic and Uyghur Khaganates