太平绅士

Traditional form:

太平紳士

Pinyin (reading):

tàipíngshēnshì

Definitions:

• Justice of the Peace (JP)

Characters:

• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
• 绅 - girdle, tie; gentry; to bend
• 士 - scholar, gentleman; soldier

Traditional characters:

• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
• 紳 - girdle, tie; gentry; to bend
• 士 - scholar, gentleman; soldier