传唤

chuán huàn · chuan huan

Traditional 傳喚

Meaning

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  1. a summons (to the police)
  2. subpoena

In a sentence

2 examples
01

警(jǐng)察(chá)传(chuán)唤(huàn)他(tā)到(dào)派(pài)出(chū)所(suǒ)接(jiē)受(shòu)询(xún)问(wèn)。

The police summoned him to the police station for questioning.

02

法(fǎ)院(yuàn)传(chuán)唤(huàn)那(nà)位(wèi)证(zhèng)人(rén)下(xià)周(zhōu)出(chū)庭(tíng)作(zuò)证(zhèng)。

The court summoned that witness to testify in court next week.

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