部 门 bù mén department / branch / section / division / CL:個|个[ge4] 部 长 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 科 室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit) 部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc 处 chù place / location / spot / point / office / department / bureau / respect / classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point 司 sī to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry) 科 系 kē xì department 国 务 院 Guó wù yuàn State Council (PRC) / State Department (USA) 商 城 shāng chéng shopping center / department store 商 场 shāng chǎng shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world 院 长 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / president of a university / department head / dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4] 商 务 部 Shāng wù bù Department of Trade / Department of Commerce 行 政 部 门 xíng zhèng bù mén administrative department / administration / executive (government branch) 农 业 部 Nóng yè bù Ministry of Agriculture / Department of Agriculture 处 长 chù zhǎng department head / section chief 宣 传 部 Xuān chuán bù Propaganda Department 税 务 局 Shuì wù jú Tax Bureau / Inland Revenue Department (Hong Kong) 国 防 部 Guó fáng bù Defense Department / Ministry of National Defense 交 通 部 Jiāo tōng bù Ministry of Transport / Transport Department 中 文 系 zhōng wén xì Chinese language department (of college) 警 察 局 jǐng chá jú police station / police department / police headquarters 厅 长 tīng zhǎng head of provincial PRC government department 妇 产 科 fù chǎn kē department of gynecology and obstetrics / birth clinic 司 法 部 Sī fǎ bù Ministry of Justice (PRC etc) / Justice Department (USA etc) 业 务 部 yè wù bù Department of Operations 卫 生 厅 wèi shēng tīng (provincial) health department 系 主 任 xì zhǔ rèn chairman of department / dean / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] 升 迁 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position / to be promoted to a higher position in a new department 急 诊 jí zhěn to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department, or from a doctor on a house call) 警 局 jǐng jú police department / police station / abbr. of 警察局 财 务 部 cái wù bù Finance Department 规 划 局 guī huà jú planning department 本 位 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit 统 战 部 Tǒng Zhàn bù United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD) / abbr. for 統一戰線工作部|统一战线工作部[Tong3 yi1 Zhan4 xian4 Gong1 zuo4 bu4] 政 治 部 zhèng zhì bù political division / cadre department 门 市 部 mén shì bù retail department / section of a retail store 美 国 国 防 部 měi guó guó fáng bù United States Department of Defense / Department of Defense 人 事 处 rén shì chù human resources department 中 宣 部 Zhōng Xuān bù Publicity Department of the CCP (abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會宣傳部|中国共产党中央委员会宣传部[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4 Xuan1 chuan2 bu4]) 消 防 队 xiāo fáng duì fire brigade / fire department 百 货 大 楼 bǎi huò dà lóu department store 农 业 厅 nóng yè tīng (provincial) department of agriculture 化 学 系 huà xué xì department of chemistry 美 国 国 务 院 Měi guó Guó wù yuàn US Department of State 小 卖 部 xiǎo mài bù kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business 卫 生 署 wèi shēng shǔ health bureau (or office, or department, or agency) 中 组 部 Zhōng zǔ bù Organization Department / abbr. for 中共中央組織部|中共中央组织部[Zhong1 Gong4 Zhong1 yang1 Zu3 zhi1 bu4] 民 政 厅 mín zhèng tīng provincial department of civil affairs 产 科 chǎn kē maternity department / maternity ward / obstetrics 百 货 店 bǎi huò diàn bazaar / department store / general store 消 防 局 xiāo fáng jú fire department 总 政 治 部 zǒng zhèng zhì bù (military) General Political Department 英 语 系 Yīng yǔ xì anglophone / English department 体 育 系 tǐ yù xì Physical Education department 住 院 部 zhù yuàn bù inpatient department 总 后 勤 部 zǒng hòu qín bù (military) General Logistics Department 中 央 宣 传 部 Zhōng yāng Xuān chuán bù Central Propaganda Department (abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會宣傳部|中国共产党中央委员会宣传部[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4 Xuan1 chuan2 bu4]) 刘 云 山 Liú Yún shān Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012 交 通 管 理 局 jiāo tōng guǎn lǐ jú department of transport 内 务 府 Nèi wù fǔ Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty) 总 装 备 部 Zǒng Zhuāng bèi bù General Armaments Department (GAD) 外 文 系 wài wén xì department of foreign languages / modern languages (college department) 律 政 司 Lu:4 zhèng sī Department of Justice (Hong Kong) 海 事 处 Hǎi shì chù Marine Department (Hong Kong) 外 事 处 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 百 货 公 司 bǎi huò gōng sī department store 省 shěng to save / to economize / to do without / to omit / to leave out / province / (archaic) central government department 门 诊 室 mén zhěn shì clinic / outpatient department (or consulting room) 王 家 瑞 Wáng Jiā ruì Wang Jiarui (1949-), PRC politician and diplomat, head of CCP central committee's international liaison department 對外聯絡部|对外联络部[dui4 wai4 lian2 luo4 bu4] 2003-2015 厅 tīng (reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department 曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) 百 货 商 店 bǎi huò shāng diàn department store 阿 尔 萨 斯 A1 ěr sà sī Alsace, French department 经 济 部 jīng jì bù Economic Department 国 土 安 全 部 Guó tǔ An1 quán bù (US) Department of Homeland Security 琳 .戴 维 斯 lín dài wéi sī Lynn Davis (US State Department arms control expert) 美 国 能 源 部 Měi guó Néng yuán bù US Department of Energy (DOE) 统 一 战 线 工 作 部 Tǒng yī Zhàn xiàn Gōng zuò bù United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD) 政 府 新 闻 处 zhèng fǔ xīn wén chù information services department 中 共 中 央 宣 传 部 Zhōng gòng Zhōng yāng Xuān chuán bù Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 中 国 共 产 党 中 央 委 员 会 宣 传 部 Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng Zhōng yāng Wěi yuán huì Xuān chuán bù Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China 主 计 室 zhǔ jì shì auditing department / accounting department / comptroller office 国 土 安 全 局 Guó tǔ An1 quán jú Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 对 外 联 络 部 duì wài lián luò bù CCP central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office) 教 育 部 长 jiào yù bù zhǎng Minister of Education / Director of Education Department 文 宣 部 wén xuān bù propaganda department 特 护 区 tè hù qū intensive care department (of hospital) 琳 · 戴 维 斯 Lynn E. Davis, US academic and arms control expert, Under-secretary at US State Department 1993-1997 省 农 业 厅 Shěng Nóng yè Tīng Provincial Department of Agriculture 货 商 场 huò shāng chǎng department store 转 科 zhuǎn kē to change major (at college) / to take up a new specialist subject / to transfer to a different medical department 重 病 特 护 区 zhòng bìng tè hù qū intensive care department (of hospital) 电 子 学 系 diàn zǐ xué xì department of electronics 部 门 主 管 bù mén zhǔ guǎn head of department 大 会 和 出 版 物 部 Conferences and Publications Department 对 外 关 系 部 duì wài guān xì bù External Relations Department 社 会 动 员 和 新 闻 部 Social Mobilization and Information Department 管 理 事 务 部 guǎn lǐ shì wù bù Department of Management 新 闻 部 非 政 府 组 织 年 度 会 议 Annual Conference of the Department of Public Information for Non-Governmental Organizations / Annual DPI / NGO Conference 经 济 和 社 会 事 务 部 Department of Economic and Social Affairs